HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Thinking

喜爱 xǐ'ài “to like” in Chinese

Traditional 喜愛

What 喜爱 means

  1. to like
  2. to love
  3. to be fond of
  4. favourite

How to say 喜爱

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale喜xǐ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale爱ài4th tone, falling

喜爱 in a sentence

  1. 春天是我最喜爱的季节。

    Chūntiān shì wǒ zuì xǐ'ài de jìjié.

    Spring is my favourite season.

    Sentence #1415756 from Tatoeba

  2. 他小时候喜爱游泳。

    Tā xiǎo shíhou xǐ'ài yóuyǒng.

    As a child, he loved to swim.

    Sentence #11294955 from Tatoeba

  3. 她特别喜爱音乐。

    Tā tèbié xǐ'ài yīnyuè.

    She especially loves music.

    Sentence #904795 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 喜爱 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 喜 (xǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
喜xǐto be fond of
  • 壴drum · zhù
  • 口mouth · kǒu

Memory aidA drum 壴 and a mouth 口 singing: joy.

The character 爱 (ài) with each of its parts in a different colour
爱àito love; to be fond of; to like
  • 爫claw form of 爪 · zhǎo
  • 冖cover · mì
  • 友friend · yǒu

Memory aidA hand 爫 bringing a friend 友 under a cover 冖: love.

How to write 喜爱

喜 12 strokes · 爱 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

喜爱 (xǐ'ài) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 喜爱 (xǐ'ài). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 喜爱

Words with 喜

喜欢xǐhuan · to like恭喜gōngxǐ · congratulations喜悦xǐyuè · joy喜闻乐见xǐwénlèjiàn · popular

Words with 爱

爱ài · to love可爱kě'ài · cute爱好àihào · hobby爱人àiren · husband or wife爱情àiqíng · romance恋爱liàn'ài · romantic love爱护àihù · to cherish爱惜àixī · to cherish亲爱qīn'ài · dear爱心àixīn · compassion

More words: Thinking & Feeling

想到xiǎngdào · to think of记jì · to remember关注guānzhù · to pay close attention to心里xīnlǐ · in one’s heart懂得dǒngde · to understand认得rènde · to recognise心xīn · heart感gǎn · (suffix) sense of …

FAQs

喜爱 (xǐ’ài) means “to like” or “to love”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it xǐ’ài: xǐ with a 3rd tone, then ài with a 4th 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, 喜爱 is written 喜愛. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 喜爱 from the suggestions. Typing xiai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
喜爱 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 5 word list. It is not on the older 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.