喜歡

See also: 歡喜 and 喜欢

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	joyous; happy; pleased
trad. (喜歡)	喜	歡
simp. (喜欢)	喜	欢
anagram	歡喜／欢喜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): xǐhuan, xǐhuān

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ ˙ㄏㄨㄢ, ㄒㄧˇ ㄏㄨㄢ

(Dungan, Cyrillic): щихуан (I-II)
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² fun¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hí-fôn
Jin (Wiktionary): xi² huan¹
Min Nan (POJ): hí-hoaⁿ / hí-hoan
Xiang (Wiktionary): xi³ honn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: xǐhuan
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ ˙ㄏㄨㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shii.huan
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹⁴ xu̯a̠n⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: xǐhuān
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ ㄏㄨㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiihuan
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xu̯a̠n⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic: щихуан (I-II)
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕiː²⁴ xuæ̃⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei² fun¹
  - Yale: héi fūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei² fun¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi² fun¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ fuːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hí-fôn
  - Hakka Romanization System: hi` fon´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hi³ fon¹
  - IPA: /hi³¹ fon²⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: xi² huan¹
  - IPA (old-style): /ɕi⁵³ xuæ̃¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hí-hoaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: hí-huann
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hy'hvoaf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ huã³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huã⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hí-hoan
  - Tâi-lô: hí-huan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hy'hoafn
  - IPA (Taipei, Zhangzhou): /hi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ huan⁴⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: xi³ honn
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁴¹ xõ³/

Verb

喜歡

to like

你喜歡這本書嗎？ / 你喜欢这本书吗？ ― Nǐ xǐhuān zhè běn shū ma? ― Do you like this book?

她是我最喜歡的作家，沒有之一。 [MSC, trad.]
她是我最喜欢的作家，没有之一。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā shì wǒ zuì xǐhuān de zuòjiā, méiyǒu zhīyī. [Pinyin]
She is my number one favourite author.
to often behave in a certain way

老媽總喜歡哭。 / 老妈总喜欢哭。 ― Lǎomā zǒng xǐhuān kū. ― Mum always cries.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 喜歡 (“to like”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		喜好、愛好
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		喜愛、喜好、愛好
Mandarin	Beijing	喜歡、好希、愛
	Taiwan	喜歡、愛
	Jinan	喜歡
	Xi'an	喜歡、愛
	Wuhan	喜歡、愛
	Chengdu	喜歡、歡喜、愛
	Yangzhou	歡喜
	Hefei	喜歡
Cantonese	Guangzhou	中意、歡喜
	Hong Kong	中意
	Taishan	中意
	Yangjiang	中意、歡喜
Gan	Nanchang	歡喜
Hakka	Meixian	中意、好
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	中意、好
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	中意、好
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	中意、好
	Dongshi (Dabu)	中意、合意、好
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	中意、好
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	佮意、愛
Jin	Taiyuan	喜歡、待見
Min Bei	Jian'ou	愛、喜歡
Min Dong	Fuzhou	歡喜、愛
Min Nan	Xiamen	歡喜、意愛、愛、佮意、舒合
	Quanzhou	歡喜、意愛、愛、佮意
	Zhangzhou	歡喜、愛、佮意
	Taipei	歡喜、意愛、愛、佮意
	Penang	舒合、愛
	Philippines (Manila)	愛、佮意
	Chaozhou	歡喜、愛
Wu	Shanghai	歡喜
	Suzhou	歡喜
	Wenzhou	喜歡
Xiang	Changsha	喜歡
Xiang	Shuangfeng	喜歡

Adjective

喜歡

delighted; happy; excited

Derived terms

招人喜歡／招人喜欢 (zhāorén xǐhuān)

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