走 zǒu to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / from / through / away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]) / to change (shape, form, meaning) syn 意思 yì si idea / opinion / meaning / wish / desire / interest / fun / token of appreciation, affection etc / CL:個|个[ge4] / to give as a small token / to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc syn 进 進 jìn to go forward / to advance / to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit / (math.) base of a number system / classifier for sections in a building or residential compound syn 兴趣 興趣 xìng qù interest (desire to know about sth) / interest (thing in which one is interested) / hobby / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 味道 wèi dao flavor / taste / (fig.) feeling (of ...) / sense (of ...) / hint (of ...) / (fig.) interest / delight / (dialect) smell / odor syn 利 lì sharp / favorable / advantage / benefit / profit / interest / to do good to / to benefit syn 关注 關注 guān zhù to pay attention to / to follow sth closely / to follow (on social media) / concern / interest / attention syn 利益 lì yì benefit / (in sb's) interest / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 爱好 愛好 ài hào to like / to be fond of / to take pleasure in / to be keen on / interest / hobby / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 利息 lì xī interest (on a loan) / CL:筆|笔[bi3] syn 合成 hé chéng to compose / to constitute / compound / synthesis / mixture / synthetic 为人 為人 wèi rén for sb / for others' interest syn 复合 複合 fù hé complex / compound / composite / hybrid / to compound / to combine 没意思 沒意思 méi yì si boring / of no interest syn 圣地 聖地 shèng dì holy land (of a religion) / sacred place / shrine / holy city (such as Jerusalem, Mecca etc) / center of historic interest 药剂 藥劑 yào jì medicine / medicament / drug / chemical compound syn 化合物 huà hé wù chemical compound 没劲 沒勁 méi jìn to have no strength / to feel weak / exhausted / feeling listless / boring / of no interest syn 好奇心 hào qí xīn interest in sth / curiosity / inquisitive 流露 liú lù to reveal (indirectly, implicitly) / to show (interest, contempt etc) by means of one's actions, tone of voice etc syn 兴致 興致 xìng zhì mood / spirits / interest syn 高利贷 高利貸 gāo lì dài high-interest loan / usury syn 趣味 qù wèi fun / interest / delight / taste / liking / preference syn 母子 mǔ zǐ mother and child / parent and subsidiary (companies) / principal and interest 来头 來頭 lái tóu cause / reason / interest / influence syn 公益 gōng yì public good / public welfare / public interest 情趣 qíng qù inclinations and interests / delight / fun / interest / appeal syn 带劲 帶勁 dài jìn energetic / exciting / of interest syn 过问 過問 guò wèn to show an interest in / to get involved with syn 降温 降溫 jiàng wēn to become cooler / to lower the temperature / cooling / (of interest, activity etc) to decline syn 心动 心動 xīn dòng heartbeat / heart rate / (fig.) emotionally affected / aroused (of desire, emotion, interest etc) 青睐 青睞 qīng lài (literary) (lit.) to fix one's gaze on / (fig.) to show interest in / (favorable) attention / favor syn 热点 熱點 rè diǎn hot spot / point of special interest syn 不闻不问 不聞不問 bù wén bù wèn not to hear, not to question (idiom) / to show no interest in sth / uncritical / not in the least concerned syn 利率 lì lǜ interest rates 高利 gāo lì high interest rate / usurious syn 古迹 古跡 gǔ jì places of historic interest / historical sites / CL:個|个[ge4] 私利 sī lì personal gain / (one's own) selfish interest 志趣 zhì qù inclination / interest syn 韵味 韻味 yùn wèi implicit charm in rhyme or sound / hinted appeal / interest syn 大院 dà yuàn courtyard / compound 吸力 xī lì (physics) attraction (gravitational, magnetic, electrostatic etc) / suction / (fig.) attraction (power to attract interest or liking) syn 浓厚 濃厚 nóng hòu dense / thick (fog, clouds etc) / to have a strong interest in / deep / fully saturated (color) syn 兴头 興頭 xìng tou keen interest / concentrated attention syn 封顶 封頂 fēng dǐng to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch) 挥发 揮發 huī fā to volatilize / to vaporize / to evaporate (esp. at ordinary temperatures) / (in compound words) volatile syn 配制 配製 pèi zhì to compound (medicines etc) / to prepare (by mixing ingredients) / to concoct 大杂院 大雜院 dà zá yuàn compound with many families living together 复式 複式 fù shì double / multiple / compound / combined / double-entry (accounting) 复方 複方 fù fāng compound prescription (involving several medicines) 漏电 漏電 lòu diàn to leak electricity / (fig.) (coll.) to unintentionally arouse romantic interest (by being solicitous etc) / cf. 放電|放电[fang4 dian4] syn 低息 dī xī low-interest 津津有味 jīn jīn yǒu wèi with keen interest (idiom) / with great pleasure / with gusto / eagerly syn 无机物 無機物 wú jī wù inorganic compound 会意 會意 huì yì combined ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书[liu4 shu1] of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character that combines the meanings of existing elements / also known as joint ideogram or associative compound / to comprehend without being told explicitly / to cotton on / knowing (smile, glance etc) syn 组分 組分 zǔ fèn components / individual parts making up a compound 着眼点 著眼點 zhuó yǎn diǎn place of interest / a place one has one's eye on syn 鸡肋 雞肋 jī lèi chicken ribs / sth of little value or interest / sth of dubious worth that one is reluctant to give up / to be physically weak 意兴 意興 yì xìng interest / enthusiasm syn 年息 nián xī annual interest syn 本息 běn xī principal and interest (on a loan) 付息 interest payment 兴味 興味 xìng wèi interest / taste syn 饶有 饒有 ráo yǒu full of (interest, humor, sentiment etc) syn 降息 jiàng xī to lower interest rates syn 声母 聲母 shēng mǔ the initial consonant of a Chinese syllable / the phonetic component of a phono-semantic compound character (e.g. the component 青[qing1] in 清[qing1]) 单眼 單眼 dān yǎn ommatidium (single component of insect's compound eye) / one eye (i.e. one's left or right eye) 主管部门 主管部門 zhǔ guǎn bù mén office of primary interest 加息 jiā xī to raise interest rates 韩流 韓流 hán liú Korean Wave, aka Hallyu (the increase in international interest in South Korea and its popular culture since the 1990s) 造势 造勢 zào shì to boost support or interest / to campaign / to promote 出息 chū xī to yield interest, profit etc / to exhale (Buddhism) syn 升息 shēng xī to raise interest rates 贴息 貼息 tiē xī to discount the interest on a bill of exchange 人文景观 人文景觀 rén wén jǐng guān place of cultural interest 利益集团 利益集團 lì yì jí tuán interest group 基质 基質 jī zhì base solvent (of chemical compound) / stroma (framing biological tissue) 利益冲突 利益沖突 lì yì chōng tū conflict of interest 种草 種草 zhòng cǎo (neologism) (slang) to spark interest in a product or idea (esp. on social media) 无利 無利 wú lì no profit / not profitable / a hindrance / (to lend money) at no interest 意趣 yì qù interest / point of particular charm and interest syn 红客 紅客 hóng kè "honker", Chinese hacker motivated by patriotism, using one's skills to protect domestic networks and work in national interest 有机化合物 有機化合物 yǒu jī huà hé wù organic compound 减息 減息 jiǎn xī to lower the interest rate 酒兴 酒興 jiǔ xìng interest in wine / passion for drinking 吲哚 yǐn duǒ indole C8H7N (heterocyclic organic compound) (loanword) 连本带利 連本帶利 lián běn dài lì both principal and interest / capital plus profit 水合物 shuǐ hé wù hydrate / hydrated compound 劲 勁 jìn strength / energy / enthusiasm / spirit / mood / expression / interest / CL:把[ba3] / Taiwan pr. [jing4] syn 趣 qù interesting / to interest syn 兴 興 xìng feeling or desire to do sth / interest in sth / excitement syn 息 xī breath / news / interest (on an investment or loan) / to cease / to stop / to rest / Taiwan pr. [xi2] syn 贷 貸 dài to lend on interest / to borrow / a loan / leniency / to make excuses / to pardon / to forgive syn 无人问津 無人問津 wú rén wèn jīn to be of no interest to anyone (idiom) syn 放债 放債 fàng zhài to lend money (for interest) / to give credit syn 结党营私 結黨營私 jié dǎng yíng sī to gang up for personal interest (idiom) / to form a clique syn 词缀 詞綴 cí zhuì prefix or suffix of a compound word / affix (linguistics) 复叶 複葉 fù yè compound leaf (botany) 孳息 zī xī interest (from an investment, esp. an endowment) 