嗜好

shì hào

HSK 3.0 Level 7 Noun Uncommon

Definitions

1 item

addiction

瘾 refers to addiction; 嗜好 can imply an addictive habit.

2 items

to like; to be fond of; to take pleasure in; to be keen on

Both can mean 'hobby', but 嗜好 often implies a stronger, habitual liking, sometimes negative.

one's passion

癖好 is a habitual liking, often with a negative connotation similar to 嗜好.

Do not use 嗜好 for neutral hobbies; it implies a strong, often bad, habit. Use 爱好 for general hobbies.

嗜好 is more formal than 爱好 and often carries a negative connotation of addiction or indulgence.

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他的嗜好是抽烟。

His habit is smoking.

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good

to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to

addicted to