歡喜

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): ㄏㄨㄢ ㄒㄧˇ

  (Chengdu, SP): huan¹ xi³ / huai¹ xi³

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): хуанщи (huanxi, I-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fun¹ hei²
• Gan (Wiktionary): fon¹ xi
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): fôn-hí

  (Meixian, Guangdong): fon¹ hi³

• Min Dong (BUC): huăng-hī
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): hoaⁿ-hí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huan¹ hi²

• Wu (Wiktionary): huoe xi (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huānxǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢ ㄒㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huansǐ
    • Wade–Giles: huan¹-hsi³
    • Yale: hwān-syǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huanshii
    • Palladius: хуаньси (xuanʹsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xwän⁵⁵ 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)⁺
    • Jyutping: fun¹ hei²
    • Yale: fūn héi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fun¹ hei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fun¹ héi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuːn⁵⁵ hei̯³⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: fon¹ xi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɵn⁴² ɕi²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fôn-hí
    • Hakka Romanization System: fon´ hi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fon¹ hi³
    • Sinological IPA: /fon²⁴ hi³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: fon¹ hi³
    • Sinological IPA: /fɔn⁴⁴⁻³⁵ çi³¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: huăng-hī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(h-)ŋi³³/
• Min Nan
  • (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
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: huoe xi (T1)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hv̩ʷø⁵⁵ ɕi²¹/

Adjective

歡喜

1. joyful; happy; delighted

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 歡喜

夷愉 (yíyú) (literary, happy and harmonious) 快意 (kuàiyì) 快活 (kuàihuo) 愉快 (yúkuài) 欣喜 (xīnxǐ) 欣忭 (xīnbiàn) (literary) 爽 (shuǎng) 爽神 (shuǎngshén) (literary or Min Nan) 痛快 (tòngkuài) 和樂／和乐 (hélè) (happy and harmonious) 喜悅／喜悦 (xǐyuè) (formal) 喜歡／喜欢 (xǐhuan) 喜躍／喜跃 (xǐyuè) (formal) 夷悅／夷悦 (yíyuè) (literary) 安樂／安乐 (ānlè) (peaceful and happy) 康樂／康乐 (kānglè) (literary, peaceful and happy) 快樂／快乐 (kuàilè)

忻悅／忻悦 (xīnyuè) (literary) 怡悅／怡悦 (yíyuè) (literary) 悅意／悦意 (yuèyì) 悅懌／悦怿 (yuèyì) (literary) 愉悅／愉悦 (yúyuè) 暢快／畅快 (chàngkuài) 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) 舒暢／舒畅 (shūchàng) 開心／开心 (kāixīn) 高興／高兴 (gāoxìng)

Derived terms

歡喜佛／欢喜佛 (huānxǐfó) 歡喜冤家／欢喜冤家 歡喜若狂／欢喜若狂 (huānxǐruòkuáng) 歡喜錢兒／欢喜钱儿

歡歡喜喜／欢欢喜喜 滿心歡喜／满心欢喜 皆大歡喜／皆大欢喜 (jiēdàhuānxǐ) 空歡喜／空欢喜 (kōng huānxǐ)

Verb

歡喜

1. (literary or regional, including Cantonese, Gan, Min Dong, Min Nan, Sichuanese, Wu) to like; to be fond of

   我雖然歡喜，卻沒對你說。 [MSC, trad.]
   我虽然欢喜，却没对你说。 [MSC, simp.]

   From: 冬天裡的一把火

   Wǒ suīrán huānxǐ, què méi duì nǐ shuō. [Pinyin]

   Even though I like [you], I didn't tell you.

   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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Synonyms of 歡喜

喜好 (xǐhào) 嗜好 (shìhào) 稀罕 (xīhan) (colloquial, usually in the negative) 酷好 (kùhào) 喜愛／喜爱 (xǐ'ài) 喜歡／喜欢 (xǐhuan)

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) 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
Mandarin	Beijing	喜歡, 好希, 稀罕, 愛
	Taiwan	喜歡, 愛
	Jinan	喜歡
	Xi'an	喜歡, 愛
	Wuhan	喜歡, 愛
	Chengdu	喜歡, 歡喜, 愛
	Chongqing	喜歡, 歡喜
	Guilin	喜歡
	Yangzhou	歡喜
	Hefei	喜歡
	Malaysia	喜歡
	Singapore	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)	中意
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng 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
	Conghua (Lütian)	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
Jin	Taiyuan	喜歡, 待見
Min Bei	Jian'ou	愛, 喜歡
Min Dong	Fuzhou	歡喜, 中意, 愛
Min Nan	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
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	喜歡
	Singapore (Teochew)	舒合
	Wenchang	歡喜
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	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
	Shuangfeng	喜歡

Further reading

• “Entry #13241”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.