Sentence #787613 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 喜欢 is built
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喜xǐto be fond of
壴drum · zhù
口mouth · kǒu
Memory aidA drum 壴 and a mouth 口 singing: joy.
欢huānjoyouslight in 喜欢
又again · yòu
欠yawn · qiàn
Memory aidSimplified from 歡. 欠 is a person with an open mouth: laughing out loud with joy.
How to write 喜欢
喜 12 strokes · 欢 6 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 喜欢 (xǐhuan). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
喜欢 (xǐhuan) means “to like” or “to be fond of”. It is an HSK 1 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it xǐhuan: xǐ with a 3rd tone, then huan with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 喜欢 is written 喜歡. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xihuan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 喜欢 from the suggestions. Typing xihuan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
喜欢 is an HSK 1 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
喜xǐ3rd tone, dipping
欢huanneutral tone, light and short
