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How to Say Hobbies in Chinese
May 28, 2007 04:32
  • BBQQ
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I think it's quite hard for May to sum up every hobbies. So why not write your hobbies down in English and let May and other Chinese members to help you to translate it into Chinese?

The frequently used sentence pattern must be 我喜欢(Wo 3 Xi 3 Huan 1), which means I like... For example, 我喜欢读书(Wo 3 Xi 3 Huan 1 Du 2 Shu 1) = I like reading. What's your hobbies??
May 28, 2007 05:11
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Good idea.

I like playing badminton. 我喜欢打羽毛球.
May 28, 2007 07:05
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Hello BBQQ,

I am taking Chinese, and to say "I like to read.", I was taught to say; 我喜欢看书 Wo3 xi3 huan kan4 shu1. Can you explain the difference? 谢谢！

Rick



May 28, 2007 07:11
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我喜欢电视。Wo3 xi3 huan dian4 shi. 怎么样？Zen3 me5 yang4?

I like to watch TV. How is that?

Rick

May 28, 2007 20:43
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Thanks BBQQ for your good idea. And Rick, 我喜欢看书 is just the translation of I like to read. 读书 and 看书 are both ok, though 读 is quite formal.

我喜欢电视 is understandable. But it's better to say 我喜欢看电视(Wo 3 Xi 3 Huan 1 Kan 4 Dian 4 Shi 4). 看 here means Watch.
May 30, 2007 03:45
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maybe i can try to dig some difference between 读书 and 看书, it's like this:

读书 means reading a book with your heart in it, means try to learn something from that book.

看书 means just go through that book, mabe a novel, a magazine.

but usually we can use one to replace the other, that is ok.
just try to feel the tiny differences, you will love it in your learning ,i guess.
May 30, 2007 09:52
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I would suggest that these days we don't usually use the word 'hobbies'. It brings up ideas of train spotting and stamp collecting...definitely not 'cool' things these days!

Instead we often talk about 'interests' or 'social activities'. However this could vary between the different countries speaking English - there might be other words, or some might still say hobbies
May 30, 2007 21:43
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Thank you for your suggestion,paul.
May 30, 2007 21:53
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good suggestion PAULT ~~!
May 31, 2007 01:20
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Yes, paul, your idea is Cool. :P
Jun 2, 2007 06:11
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Am interested to know how you obtain the chinese characters in your dialogues.
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