趣味

qùwèi · HSK 7

savor

🎭 趣 (interest/fun) + 味 (taste/flavor) = the flavor of fun, i.e. playfulness

Decompose: 趣 carries the sense of interest or delight, 味 means taste or flavor. Together they name the savor or merriment in something, stretching to camp. Pronounced qùwèi, with 趣 in falling 4th tone and 味 also 4th.

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