HSK 5 · Verbs

享受 xiǎngshòu “to enjoy” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 享受 means

  1. to enjoy
  2. enjoyment
  3. to live it up
  4. pleasure

Measure word 种 zhǒng · 一种享受 yì zhǒng xiǎngshòu

How to say 享受

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale享xiǎng3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale受shòu4th tone, falling

享受 in a sentence

  1. 希望你会享受在中国的时光。

    Xīwàng nǐ huì xiǎngshòu zài Zhōngguó de shíguāng.

    I hope you will enjoy your time in China.

    Sentence #1169522 from Tatoeba

  2. 享受这一刻吧！

    Xiǎngshòu zhè yíkè ba!

    Enjoy the moment!

    Sentence #816700 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 我非常享受你的陪伴。

    Wǒ fēicháng xiǎngshòu nǐ de péibàn.

    I really enjoy your company.

    Sentence #4844756 from Tatoeba

How 享受 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 享 (xiǎng) with each of its parts in a different colour
享xiǎngto enjoy
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 子child · zǐ
The character 受 (shòu) with each of its parts in a different colour
受shòuto receive
  • 爫claw form of 爪 · zhǎo
  • 冖cover · mì
  • 又again · yòu

Memory aidOne hand 爫 passing something to another hand 又: to receive.

How to write 享受

享 8 strokes · 受 8 strokes

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

Words related to 享受

Words with 受

受shòu · to receive接受jiēshòu · to accept受到shòudào · to receive (praise难受nánshòu · to feel unwell受不了shòubùliǎo · unbearable受伤shòushāng · to be injured感受gǎnshòu · to feel承受chéngshòu · to bear遭受zāoshòu · to suffer忍受rěnshòu · to bear

More words: Common Verbs

吓xià · to frighten显得xiǎnde · to seem显示xiǎnshì · to show相处xiāngchǔ · to get along (with someone)消失xiāoshī · to disappear歇xiē · to rest行动xíngdòng · to act形成xíngchéng · to form

FAQs

享受 (xiǎngshòu) means “to enjoy” or “enjoyment”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it xiǎngshòu: xiǎng with a 3rd tone, then shòu with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 享受 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 种 (zhǒng). For example, one to enjoy is 一种享受 (yì zhǒng xiǎngshòu).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiangshou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 享受 from the suggestions. Typing xiangshou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
享受 is an HSK 5 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.