喜事

喜事

Chinese

		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	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (喜事)		喜	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xǐshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² si⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hí-sṳ
• Min Nan (POJ): hí-sīr / hí-sū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xǐshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ ㄕˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiishyh
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: hei² si⁶
    • Yale: héi sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei² si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi² xi⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ siː²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 喜事 豈是／岂是 起事

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hí-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: hi` sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hi³ si⁴
    • IPA: /hi³¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hí-sīr
    • Tâi-lô: hí-sīr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɯ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hí-sū
    • Tâi-lô: hí-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hysu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su³³/

Noun

喜事

1. joyful occasion
2. wedding

Derived terms

人逢喜事精神爽 (rén féng xǐshì jīngshén shuǎng) 紅白事／红白事 (hóngbáishì)

紅白喜事／红白喜事 (hóngbái xǐshì)