歡喜

See also: 喜歡 and 欢喜

Chinese

	joyous; happy; pleased	to be fond of; to like; to enjoy to be fond of; to like; to enjoy; to be happy; to feel pleased; happiness; delight; glad
trad. (歡喜)	歡	喜
simp. (欢喜)	欢	喜
anagram	喜歡／喜欢

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): huānxǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢㄒㄧˇ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): huan¹ xi³ / huai¹ xi³

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): хуанщи (huanxi, I-II)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): fun¹ hei²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): fon¹ hei²
Gan (Wiktionary): fon¹ xi
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): fôn-hí

(Hailu, HRS): fon^ˋ hi^ˊ

(Meixian, Guangdong): fon¹ hi³
Eastern Min (BUC): huăng-hī
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hoaⁿ-hí

(Teochew, Peng'im): huan¹ hi²
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ¹huoe-shi / ¹huoe-shi₃ / ¹huon-⁰shi₃
- (Jinhua): ¹huan-shi₃

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huānxǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢㄒㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huansǐ
  - Wade–Giles: huan¹-hsi³
  - Yale: hwān-syǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huanshii
  - Palladius: хуаньси (xuanʹsi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än⁵⁵ ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: huan¹ xi³ / huai¹ xi³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xuanxi / xuaixi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xuan⁵⁵ ɕi⁵³/, /xuai⁵⁵ ɕi⁵³/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: хуанщи (huanxi, I-II)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xuæ̃²⁴ ɕi⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fun¹ hei²
  - Yale: fūn héi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fun¹ hei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fun¹ héi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuːn⁵⁵ hei̯³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: fon¹ hei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fᵘɔn³³ hei⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: fon¹ xi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɵn⁴² ɕi²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fôn-hí
  - Hakka Romanization System: fon^ˊ hi^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fon¹ hi³
  - Sinological IPA: /fon²⁴ hi³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: fon^ˋ hi^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /fon⁵³ hi²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: fon¹ hi³
  - Sinological IPA: /fɔn⁴⁴⁻³⁵ hi³¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: huăng-hī
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(h-)ŋi³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoaⁿ-hí
  - Tâi-lô: huann-hí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hvoa'hie
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /huã⁴⁴⁻³³ hi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /huã³³ hi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /huã⁴⁴⁻³³ hi⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /huã⁴⁴⁻²² hi⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: huan¹ hi²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huaⁿ hí
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hũã³³⁻²³ hi⁵²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹huoe-shi
  - MiniDict: huoe^平 shi
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹huoe-xi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /huø⁵⁵ ɕi²¹/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ¹huoe-shi₃
  - MiniDict: huoe^平 shi^上
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /huø⁴⁴ ɕi/
- (Northern: Hangzhou)
  - Wugniu: ¹huon-⁰shi₃
  - MiniDict: huon^平 shi^上
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /huõ³³ ɕi³⁴/
- (Jinhua)
  - Wugniu: ¹huan-shi₃
  - Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /huã³³ ɕi⁵³⁵/

Adjective

歡喜

joyful; happy; delighted
足歡喜熟似汝。 [Hokkien, trad.]
足欢喜熟似汝。 [Hokkien, simp.]
Chiok hoaⁿ-hí se̍k sāi lí. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
Pleased to meet you.

Synonyms

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和樂 / 和乐 (hélè) (happy and harmonious)
喜悅 / 喜悦 (xǐyuè) (formal)
喜樂 / 喜乐 (xǐlè)
喜歡 / 喜欢
喜滋滋 (xǐzīzī)
喜躍 / 喜跃 (xǐyuè) (formal)
夷悅 / 夷悦 (yíyuè) (literary)
夷愉 (yíyú) (literary, happy and harmonious)
安樂 / 安乐 (ānlè) (peaceful and happy)
康樂 / 康乐 (kānglè) (literary, peaceful and happy)
忻悅 / 忻悦 (xīnyuè) (literary)
快意 (kuàiyì)
快樂 / 快乐 (kuàilè)
快活 (kuàihuo)
怡悅 / 怡悦 (yíyuè) (literary)
悅意 / 悦意 (yuèyì)
悅懌 / 悦怿 (yuèyì) (literary)
愉快
愉悅 / 愉悦 (yúyuè)
暢快 / 畅快 (chàngkuài)
樂滋滋 / 乐滋滋 (lèzīzī)
欣喜 (xīnxǐ)
欣忭 (xīnbiàn) (literary)
欣悅 / 欣悦 (xīnyuè)
歡娛 / 欢娱 (huānyú) (literary)
歡快 / 欢快 (huānkuài)
歡悅 / 欢悦 (huānyuè) (literary)
歡愉 / 欢愉 (huānyú) (literary)
歡暢 / 欢畅 (huānchàng)
歡樂 / 欢乐 (huānlè)
歡躍 / 欢跃 (huānyuè) (formal)
爽 (shuǎng)
爽神 (shuǎngshén) (literary or Southern Min)
痛快 (tòngkuài)
舒暢 / 舒畅 (shūchàng)
開心 / 开心 (kāixīn)
高興 / 高兴 (gāoxìng)

Derived terms

Verb

歡喜

(literary or regional, including Cantonese, Gan, Eastern Min, Southern Min, Sichuanese, Wu) to like; to be fond of
我老歡喜儂個！ [Shanghainese, trad.]
我老欢喜侬个！ [Shanghainese, simp.]
I like you a lot!
- 耶穌教訓衆人之時又話、提防個的讀書人呀、佢地好着長衫行遊、歡喜喺市上人地請佢安 [Cantonese, trad.]
  耶稣教训众人之时又话、提防个的读书人呀、佢地好着长衫行游、欢喜喺市上人地请佢安 [Cantonese, simp.]
  From: 1872, 《馬可傳福音書（廣東土白）》 (The Gospel of Mark: Cantonese Vernacular) 12:38
  je⁴ sou¹ gaau³ fan³ zung³ jan⁴ zi¹ si⁴ jau⁶ waa⁶, tai⁴ fong⁴ go³ dik¹ duk⁶ syu¹ jan⁴ aa³, keoi⁵ dei⁶ hou³ zoek³ coeng⁴ saam¹ hang⁴ jau⁴, fun¹ hei² hai² si⁵ soeng⁶ jan⁴ dei⁶ cing² keoi⁵ on¹ [Jyutping]
  And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces

Synonyms

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喜好 (xǐhào)
喜愛 / 喜爱 (xǐ'ài)
喜歡 / 喜欢
嗜好 (shìhào)
心愛 / 心爱 (xīn'ài)
愛好 / 爱好 (àihào)
欣賞 / 欣赏 (xīnshǎng)
熱愛 / 热爱 (rè'ài)
熱衷 / 热衷 (rèzhōng)
稀罕 (colloquial, usually in the negative)
酷好 (kùhào)
酷愛 / 酷爱 (kù'ài)

Dialectal synonyms of 喜歡 (“to like”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		好, 喜好, 愛好, 字
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		喜歡, 喜愛, 喜好, 愛好
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	喜歡, 好希, 稀罕, 愛
	Taiwan	喜歡, 愛
	Malaysia	喜歡
	Singapore	喜歡
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	喜歡
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	喜歡, 愛
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	喜歡, 歡喜, 愛
	Chongqing	喜歡, 歡喜
	Wuhan	喜歡, 愛
	Guilin	喜歡
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	歡喜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	喜歡
Cantonese	Guangzhou	中意, 歡喜
	Hong Kong	中意, 好
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	中意
	Macau	中意
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	中意
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	中意
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	中意
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	中意
	Foshan	中意
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	中意
	Foshan (Shunde)	中意
	Foshan (Sanshui)	中意
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	中意
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	歡喜, 中意
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	中意
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	中意
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	中意
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	中意
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	中意
	Taishan	中意
	Kaiping (Chikan)	爽心, 中意
	Enping (Niujiang)	中意
	Heshan (Yayao)	中意
	Dongguan	中意
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	中意
	Yangjiang	中意, 歡喜
	Beihai	中意
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	中意
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	中意, 喜歡
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	中意
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	中意, 蘇格
	Singapore (Guangfu)	中意
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	中意
	Móng Cái	中意
Gan	Nanchang	歡喜
Hakka	Meixian	中意, 好
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	中意
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	中意
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	中意
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	中意
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	歡喜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	中意, 好
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	中意, 好
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	中意, 好
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	中意, 合意, 好
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	中意, 好
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	佮意, 愛
	Senai (Huiyang)	中意
	Kuching (Hepo)	蘇格
Huizhou	Jixi	喜歡, 歡喜
Jin	Taiyuan	喜歡, 待見
Northern Min	Jian'ou	愛, 喜歡
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	歡喜, 中意, 愛
Southern Min	Xiamen	歡喜, 意愛, 愛, 佮意, 舒合
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	佮意
	Quanzhou	歡喜, 意愛, 愛, 佮意
	Shishi	佮意
	Zhangzhou	歡喜, 愛, 佮意
	Tainan	佮意, 意愛, 愛
	Penang (Hokkien)	舒合, 愛
	Singapore (Hokkien)	舒合, 愛
	Manila (Hokkien)	愛, 佮意
	Chaozhou	歡喜, 愛, 喜歡
	Shantou	歡喜
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	好, 尚, 喜歡
	Jieyang	歡喜, 愛, 好, 尚, 喜歡
	Puning	愛, 癮₂, 尚, 喜歡
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	喜歡
	Singapore (Teochew)	舒合
	Wenchang	歡喜
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	中意
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	字
Wu	Shanghai	歡喜
	Suzhou	歡喜
	Ningbo	歡喜, 看相, 中意 dated
	Wenzhou	喜歡
Xiang	Changsha	喜歡
Xiang	Shuangfeng	喜歡

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