#Common chinese synonyms discriminated#1-喜欢、爱好、嗜好、癖好 All four terms indicate liking or interest in something, but they increase progressively in their semantic intensity and vary in their connotations, Of the four, 喜欢 is a verb, while 爱好 can be both a verb and a noun, and 嗜好/ 癖好 generally only serve as nouns 1. 喜欢 is the most popular of the group and is the equivalent of the english all-purpose word "like", which can be used to indicate one's interest and fondness in things in a generic sense. 2. 爱 in 爱好，on the other hand, means "to love"; therefore,爱好 is generally stronger in meaning than 喜欢，and is often used of one's hobby in addition to one's interest in and fondness of something commonly considered good or worthy of an active participation. The objects of 喜欢 are usually concrete things whereas those for 爱好 can be both concrete and abstract objects, e.g.喜欢/爱好 文学/书画，but 爱好和平，爱好自由，etc. Besides, 爱好 can take a suffix 者，e.g. 戏曲爱好者、摄影爱好者、旅游爱好者，wherease the suffix is not applicable to any others in the group. 3. While 爱好 expresses one's general likes or interests, 嗜好 indicates a stronger or keener interest and implies an indulgences in something usually considered bad or harmful, for 嗜 indicates an addictive liking. On the other hand, like 嗜好， 癖好 also expresses an addictive liking, but it goes a step further in expressing an even keener and special liking for something. Different from 嗜好, however, 癖好usually applies to things or hobbies good or generally appreciated by people. 这儿没有我喜欢的书； 他平时爱好下棋，周末才出去看看电影； 我妹妹唯一的爱好就是弹钢琴； 不少男人都有抽烟和喝酒的不良嗜好； 他除了赌博外，没有别的不良嗜好； 他喜欢喝茶，但是有一个癖好：一定要用井水泡茶； 我父亲有一个搜集旧书的癖好，他几乎每个星期都回去旧书店看看。 Exercise 1. 人有各种各样的（ ），读书就是其中之一； 2. 我们的民族是一个（ ）和平的民族； 3. 我很（ ）跟他们一起讨论问题； 4. 你可不能再喝酒了，一定要改改这个（ ） 5.王羲之有一个画鹅的（ ）。不管哪儿有好鹅，他都有兴趣去看看。（王羲之 is the name of a famous painter in ancient china） All the materials are from the book named "Common chinese synonyms discriminated" by Hongchu Fu. Choose the right words and fill into the spaces in the exercise part. Comment below, I will help you to check whether they are right.