爱好 àihào▶ pasatiempo, afición

Stroke order

爱好 is written in 16 strokes across 2 characters.

• 爱 — 10 strokes
• 好 — 6 strokes

Senses

1. to like; to be fond of; to take pleasure in; to be keen on
2. interest; hobby

Example sentences

• 我的爱好是看书。Wǒ de àihào shì kàn shū.My hobby is reading books.
• 你有什么爱好？Nǐ yǒu shénme àihào?What hobbies do you have?

Related words

• 可爱Encantador
• 最好Mejor
• 友好amigable
• 只好tener que
• 好像Parecerse a; parecer
• 好吃delicioso

爱好 is pronounced àihào and means “pasatiempo, afición”. You will meet it in HSK 3, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 爱好 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.