HSK 6 · Adjectives

喜闻乐见 xǐwénlèjiàn “popular” in Chinese

Traditional 喜聞樂見

What 喜闻乐见 means

  1. popular
  2. well loved (by the public)
  3. to love to hear and see (idiom)
  4. well received
  5. to one’s liking

How to say 喜闻乐见

  • 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 second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale闻wén2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale乐lè4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale见jiàn4th tone, falling

喜闻乐见 in a sentence

  1. 这是一种老百姓喜闻乐见的艺术形式。

    Zhè shì yì zhǒng lǎobǎixìng xǐwénlèjiàn de yìshù xíngshì.

    This is an art form ordinary people really love.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 相声是大家喜闻乐见的节目。

    Xiàngsheng shì dàjiā xǐwénlèjiàn de jiémù.

    Crosstalk is a type of show that everyone enjoys.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 喜闻乐见 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 闻 (wén) with each of its parts in a different colour
闻wénto hear
  • 门gate · ménSound part
  • 耳ear · ěrMeaning part

耳 hints at the meaning (ear); 门 (mén) hints at the sound. Compare it with wén.

The character 乐 (yuè) drawn as one shape
乐lèhappy

乐 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

Memory aidTraditionally explained as 樂, a musical instrument on a wooden stand 木: music, and the joy it brings.

The character 见 (jiàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
见jiànto see
  • 冂down box · jiōng
  • 儿legs · ér

Memory aidSimplified from 見: a big eye 目 on top of a person 儿: to see.

How to write 喜闻乐见

喜 12 strokes · 闻 9 strokes · 乐 5 strokes · 见 4 strokes

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

Words related to 喜闻乐见

Words with 喜

喜欢xǐhuan · to like喜爱xǐ'ài · to like恭喜gōngxǐ · congratulations喜悦xǐyuè · joy

Words with 闻

新闻xīnwén · news闻wén · to smell见闻jiànwén · what one sees and hears

Words with 乐

快乐kuàilè · happy音乐yīnyuè · music娱乐yúlè · to entertain乐观lèguān · optimistic乐器yuèqì · musical instrument俱乐部jùlèbù · club (the organisation or its premises) (loanword)欢乐huānlè · joy乐趣lèqù · delight乐意lèyì · willing乐谱yuèpǔ · sheet music

Words with 见

看见kànjiàn · to see再见zàijiàn · goodbye听见tīngjiàn · to hear见jiàn · to see见面jiànmiàn · meet/see somebody见到jiàndào · to see不见bújiàn · to be missing遇见yùjiàn · to meet (by chance)常见chángjiàn · common意见yìjiàn · idea

More words: Adjectives

新颖xīnyǐng · novel凶恶xiōng'è · fierce雄厚xiónghòu · abundant雄伟xióngwěi · majestic细致xìzhì · careful悬殊xuánshū · very different虚假xūjiǎ · false虚伪xūwěi · hypocritical

FAQs

喜闻乐见 (xǐwénlèjiàn) means “popular” or “well loved (by the public)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xǐwénlèjiàn: xǐ with a 3rd tone, then wén with a 2nd tone, then lè with a 4th tone, then jiàn 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, 喜闻乐见 is written 喜聞樂見. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiwenlejian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 喜闻乐见 from the suggestions. Typing xiwenlejian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
喜闻乐见 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.