What does 好奇 in Chinese mean?

What is the meaning of the word 好奇 in Chinese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use 好奇 in Chinese.

The word 好奇 in Chinese means curiosity, curious, inquisitive. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word 好奇

curiosity

noun (inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask questions, investigate, or explore)

好奇会吃苦头的。

Curiosity killed the cat.

curious

adjective (inquisitive)

她太过好奇,以至于打开了盒子。

She was so curious that she opened the box.

inquisitive

adjective (eager to acquire knowledge)

不久,友善好奇的人就在摊子前停下来,向我们发问。

Soon friendly, inquisitive people stopped to ask questions.

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好奇是哲学家的本性。

Wonder is the true character of the philosopher.

來吧你很好奇

Go on, you're curious.

很好奇的想知道他的行为是否与审判相匹配

It would be curious to know whether his act was worthy of the judgment.

我对这个小救生员很好奇呢

Okay, shoot.

我们专注于人口的需求, 没有其他诀窍, 这驱动了大量的好奇和创造力, 以及我们所看到的发展。

There is a focus on populations of need, not of want, that has driven a lot of the curiosity, the creativity and the development that we see.

我好奇只因我不明白你怎么做到的

I'm just curious to know how you do it.

虽然我们主要感兴趣的是俄国人和乌克兰人对於他们的总统都讨论些什麽,然而我们也同样好奇,这些推文来自何方?

While we were predominantly interested in what Russians and Ukrainians were saying about their presidents, we were also curious to see where tweets originated.

1800年以前 , 即使问起这个问题, 也都是出于好奇, 从来不是主要问题。

Before 1800, even when the question was asked it was more as a curiosity, never a central problem.

BJ: 但是,当这只小花豹看到我离开座位, 爬到车后面拿照相器材时, 她就像一只好奇的猫一样爬进来探索一番。

BJ: But when this little cub saw that I had vacated my seat and climbed to the back to get some camera gear, she came in like a curious cat to come and investigate.

好奇的群众从狭窄的街上拥到城门附近。

Inquisitive crowds are rushing down narrow streets to the city’s gateways.

他对这个请求感到十分好奇,遂追问何以我不返回家去。

This request made him curious enough to ask why I did not go home.

旧市役所虽未受海啸破坏,但我好奇他们是否还愿意花额外的预算来修复?

In Soma city, construction work has begun on a new city hall.

他纯粹是因为好奇, 为了更深入地了解世界而投身于研究工作。

He was strongly in favor of doing research out of sheer curiosity, to arrive at a deeper understanding of the world.

我常常很好奇,为什么那些夫妻在结婚了三四十年之后才来找我。

I'm often intrigued by why couples come in to see me after they've been married for 30 or 40 years.

我只是对这里很好奇如果你经常来这里

If you come here often.

出于好奇的缘故 , 当然。

For curiosity's sake, of course.

他们并没有检测好奇。好奇,于我, 是关于我们与世界, 宇宙的联系。

Curiosity, to me, is about our connection with the world, with the universe.

*虽然我相信人有不死的灵魂,可是我因为好奇而查看册子所引述的经文,结果使我很惊讶,原来圣经清楚表明人没有不死的灵魂。( 传道书9:5,10)

To my surprise, the Bible confirmed that the soul that sins will die. —Ezekiel 18:4.

我很好奇這具無名屍體是誰

I wonder who this John Doe is.

一位康乃尔大学的科学家听到这个故事,十分好奇一个人为什么能对自己的无能浑然不觉到这种程度。

When a scientist at Cornell University heard about this story, he was intrigued that a man could be so painfully unaware of his own incompetence.

出于好奇,撰文人打开了那只“特殊档案柜”,并且发现了一些被广泛认为是社会栋梁的社会名流的私人档案,其中载有这些人犯下的不道德和罪恶行为的资料。

Out of curiosity, the author opened the “special cupboard” and found personal files containing information about immoral and criminal acts committed by well-known, highly respected individuals considered, not least by the author, as pillars of society

這種人被我稱為是「好奇的橋」。

You're what I might call "bridge curious."

你就是好奇要看嘛

You're the one that wanted to fucking look at it

妳只是好奇的地方在時間軸

Just curious where you are on the timeline.

好奇也可以用在表達想要獲得資訊或是知識的情緒。

The term curiosity can also be used to denote the behavior or emotion of being curious, in regard to the desire to gain knowledge or information.

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