恭喜

恭喜

Chinese

Chinese phrasebook

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		respectful	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
simp. and trad. (恭喜)		恭	喜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngxǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄒㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ hei²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiûng-hí
• Min Dong (BUC): gṳ̆ng-hī
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): kiong-hí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): giong¹ hi²

• Wu (Wiktionary): kun xi (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gōngxǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄒㄧˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongshii
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongsǐ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹ hei²
    • Yale: gūng héi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ hei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ héi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ hei̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiûng-hí
    • Hakka Romanization System: giung´ hi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giung¹ hi³
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯uŋ²⁴ hi³¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gṳ̆ng-hī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(h-)ŋi³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiong-hí
    • Tâi-lô: kiong-hí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kionghie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hi⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɔŋ³³ hi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hi⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hi⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: giong¹ hi²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiong hí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kioŋ³³⁻²³ hi⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: kun xi (T1)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɯə̯ɲ⁵⁵ ɕi²¹/

Interjection

恭喜

1. congratulations!

Derived terms

恭喜發財／恭喜发财 (gōngxǐ fācái)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (恭喜):

• → Vietnamese: cung hỉ (恭喜)