<p>Mostly,有趣 means something or someone is really funny.
比如,他是一个有趣的人(He is a funny man.) 
你有什么有趣的故事分享吗?(Do you have any funny story to share?)</p>

<p>And,有意思,some time means the same meaning of 有趣 as something is attractive.
比如,这个游戏很有意思(The game is very interesting).You can also say 
这个游戏很有趣.</p>

<p>But when someone use 你这样有意思吗? (Do you think it's appropriate to do[be] that?) Here 有意思 means "it's not appropriate". Or 真他妈有意思! (It's f***ing funny, HaHa!) Here 有意思 means "someone ro something give me sh**".</p>

<p>When people say 有意思, you should tell the context and tone.  </p>

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<pre><code>有趣 - fun
有意思 - interesting
</code></pre>

<p>To break the vocabulary literally, we have 有/趣 and 有/意思. The word 有 carries the meaning similar to "there is something" or "it has something". 趣 can be interpreted as "fun". 意思 can be translated to "meaning".</p>

<p>So, these two vocabularies can be broken down literally as:</p>

<pre><code>X有趣 - there is fun in X / X is fun
X有意思 - X is interesting
</code></pre>

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<p>In many conditions, they have same meaning.</p>

<p><code>这个人真是有意思</code> This in many conditions means this people makes you unhappy.</p>

<p><code>这个人真有趣</code> This is normally express someone is funny.</p>

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<p>To me these two words don't differ too much. Maybe the only thing is 有意思 seems a little little little casual.</p>

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<p>有趣 means it is something makes your happy.
有意思 means it is something meaningful.</p>

<p>Actually, it is quite depending on the whole sentence or even the paragraph.</p>

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care to elaborate? give some examples? etc?
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<p>They seem to mean the same thing, but I've seen 有意思 quite a few times in my books, and never 有趣. When is 有趣 used and why (especially in comparison with 有意思)?</p>

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有意思 means interesting and 有趣 amusing.
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Is there a difference between 有趣 and 有意思?
# Is there a difference between 有趣 and 有意思?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-01-11)

They seem to mean the same thing, but I've seen 有意思 quite a few times in my books, and never 有趣. When is 有趣 used and why (especially in comparison with 有意思)?

**Tags:** meaning, difference
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: 有意思 means interesting and 有趣 amusing.  

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## 5 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2015-01-12. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

Mostly,有趣 means something or someone is really funny.
比如,他是一个有趣的人(He is a funny man.)
你有什么有趣的故事分享吗?(Do you have any funny story to share?)

And,有意思,some time means the same meaning of 有趣 as something is attractive.
比如,这个游戏很有意思(The game is very interesting).You can also say
这个游戏很有趣.

But when someone use 你这样有意思吗? (Do you think it's appropriate to do[be] that?) Here 有意思 means "it's not appropriate". Or 真他妈有意思! (It's f\*\*\*ing funny, HaHa!) Here 有意思 means "someone ro something give me sh\*\*".

When people say 有意思, you should tell the context and tone.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2015-01-12. Score: 3

有趣 - fun
有意思 - interesting

To break the vocabulary literally, we have 有/趣 and 有/意思. The word 有 carries the meaning similar to "there is something" or "it has something". 趣 can be interpreted as "fun". 意思 can be translated to "meaning".
So, these two vocabularies can be broken down literally as:
X有趣 - there is fun in X / X is fun
X有意思 - X is interesting


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### Answer by username_4 on 2015-01-12. Score: 1

In many conditions, they have same meaning.

`这个人真是有意思` This in many conditions means this people makes you unhappy.

`这个人真有趣` This is normally express someone is funny.


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### Answer by username_5 on 2015-01-12. Score: -1

To me these two words don't differ too much. Maybe the only thing is 有意思 seems a little little little casual.


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### Answer by username_6 on 2015-01-12. Score: -2

有趣 means it is something makes your happy.
有意思 means it is something meaningful.

Actually, it is quite depending on the whole sentence or even the paragraph.

> **Comments:**
> **username_7**: care to elaborate? give some examples? etc?  

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