HSK 6 · Emotions

喜悦 xǐyuè “joy” in Chinese

Traditional 喜悅

What 喜悦 means

  1. joy
  2. delight
  3. joyful
  4. happy
  5. joyous

How to say 喜悦

  • 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悦yuè4th tone, falling

喜悦 in a sentence

  1. 最后，他们感受到了胜利的喜悦。

    Zuìhòu, tāmen gǎnshòu dào le shènglì de xǐyuè.

    In the end, they felt the joy of victory.

    Sentence #754093 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 她的眼睛闪烁着喜悦的光芒。

    Tā de yǎnjing shǎnshuò zhe xǐyuè de guāngmáng.

    Her eyes sparkled with joy.

    Sentence #343925 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 阴雨连绵的一周后，阳光让人感到一阵温暖喜悦。

    Yīnyǔ liánmián de yì zhōu hòu, yángguāng ràng rén gǎndào yí zhèn wēnnuǎn xǐyuè.

    After a week of endless rain, the sunshine brings a warm burst of joy.

    Sentence #13552240 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 喜悦 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 悦 (yuè) with each of its parts in a different colour
悦yuèpleased; to please
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīnMeaning part
  • 兑cash · duìSound part

忄 hints at the meaning (heart); 兑 (duì) hints at the sound. Compare it with yuè.

How to write 喜悦

喜 12 strokes · 悦 10 strokes

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

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

Words related to 喜悦

Words with 喜

喜欢xǐhuan · to like喜爱xǐ'ài · to like恭喜gōngxǐ · congratulations喜闻乐见xǐwénlèjiàn · popular

More words: Emotions & Attitudes

欣慰xīnwèi · gratified心眼儿xīnyǎnr · mind胸怀xiōnghuái · breadth of mind羞耻xiūchǐ · shame虚荣xūróng · vanity厌恶yànwù · to loathe压抑yāyì · to suppress (emotions)野心yěxīn · ambition

FAQs

喜悦 (xǐyuè) means “joy” or “delight”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xǐyuè: xǐ with a 3rd tone, then yuè 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, 喜悦 is written 喜悅. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiyue with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 喜悦 from the suggestions. Typing xiyue into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
喜悦 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.