Hobbies in Chinese: How to ask and talk about hobbies in Chinese

How to ask and talk about hobbies in Chinese

What is hobbies in Chinese? Hobbies in Chinese is 爱好 àihào. Talking about hobbies can be an effective way to to establish common ground. Hobby is one of the first topics covered in beginner Mandarin Chinese textbooks. Let your friends know what your hobby is and share with them. If you two have the common hobbies and interest, you two will be good friend from then on

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Frequently used words for hobbies
Ask about hobbies
Talk about hobbies

Frequently used words for hobbies

1. Betting: 赌博dǔbó
2. Bowling: 保龄球bǎolíngqiú
3. Camping: 露营lùyíng
4. Cards: 打牌dǎpái
5. Chess: 象棋xiàngqí
6. Collecting: 收藏shōucáng
7. Cooking: 烹饪pēngrèn
8. Dancing: 舞蹈wǔdǎo
9. Dice: 掷筛子zhì shāizi
10. Drawing: 素描Sùmiáo
11. Fishing: 钓鱼diàoyú
12. Football : 踢足球tīzúqiú
13. gardening: 园艺yuányì
14. Go shopping: 购物gòuwù
15. Hiking: 徒步túbù
16. Kite flying: 放风筝fàng fēngzhēng
17. listening to music: 听音乐tīngyīnyuè
18. origami: 折纸zhézhǐ
19. Painting: 画画huà huà
20. Philately: 集邮jíyóu
21. Photography: 摄影shèyǐng
22. Reading: 看书kànshū
23. running: 跑步pǎobù
24. Singing: 唱歌chànggē
25. skiing: 滑雪huáxuě
26. Sports: 运动yùndòng
27. Surf the Internet: 上网shàngwǎng
28. swimming: 游泳yóuyǒng
29. taking photographs: 摄影shèyǐng
30. traveling: 旅行lǚxíng
31. Walking: 散步sànbù
32. watching movies: 看电影kàn diànyǐng

How to ask about hobbies

What are you interested in?: 你对什么感兴趣？Nǐ duì shénme gǎn xìngqù?
What hobbies do you have? 你有什么兴趣？Nǐ yǒu shí me xìng qù?
What do you like doing usually? 你通常喜欢做什麼? Nǐ tōng cháng xǐ huān zuò shí me?
Do you like football? 你喜欢足球吗? Nǐ xǐhuān zúqiú ma?
What do you do in your free time? 你空闲时间做什么？Nǐ kòngxián shíjiān zuò shénme？
What are your hobbies? 你有什么爱好？Nǐ yǒu shénme àihào？
What do you like doing best? 你最喜欢做什么？Nǐ zuìxǐhuān zuò shénme？

Talking about hobbies in Mandarin Chinese

I like singing. 我喜欢唱歌。Wǒ xǐhuān chànggē。
I like cooking. 我喜欢烹饪。Wǒ xǐhuān pēngrèn。
I like playing football. 我喜欢踢足球。Wǒ xǐhuān tīzúqiú。
I like playing basketball. 我喜欢打篮球。Wǒ xǐhuān dǎlánqiú。
I like listening to music. 我喜欢听音乐。Wǒ xǐhuān tīngyīnyuè。
I like reading. 我喜欢看书。Wǒ xǐhuān kànshū。
I like running. 我喜欢跑步. Wǒ xǐhuān pǎobù。