# 扫兴 (sǎoxìng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 扫兴 (sǎoxìng) means “to spoil the fun; disappointing”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to spoil the fun; disappointing
- Pinyin: sǎoxìng (sao3 xing4)
- Traditional: 掃興
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 正玩得高兴时下雨，真扫兴。
  Zhèng wán de gāoxìng shí xiàyǔ, zhēn sǎoxìng.
  It started raining right when we were having fun, which really spoiled the mood.

## Characters

- [扫](https://hanziro.com/word/sao-sweep/) (sǎo): to sweep; to brush away
- 兴 (xīng): to rise; to flourish

https://hanziro.com/word/sao-xing-spoil-fun/

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