(xǐ) - happy, to like (bound morpheme) in Mandarin
xǐTraditional: 喜
Translation
happy, to like (bound morpheme)
Word origin
An ideographic character combining 壴 (a drum) over 口 (kǒu, mouth), picturing drumming and singing in celebration, hence joy, happiness and to delight in.
- Origin
- ideographic
- Root
- 壴 (drum) + 口 (kǒu, mouth)
Stroke order
喜
Examples
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I like this song.
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The children all like her.
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He likes reading at the weekend.
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The joy of marriage is truly delightful.
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He was very glad to hear it.
喜 (xǐ) carries the sense of joy or liking. It almost never stands alone in modern speech, but anchors 喜欢 (to like) and appears on red double-happiness banners at Chinese weddings (囍).
Appears in 3 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 喜.
Used in
Grammar articles
(8)Mandarin Advanced Grammar (C1-C2 / HSK 6+): Chengyu, Classical Remnants, and Register
Mandarin Grammar Cheatsheet: The Essentials, One Page
Mandarin Comparatives: 比, 比较, 最, 跟…一样 and How to Say 'More', 'Most', 'Same As'
Mandarin Conjunctions: 虽然…但是, 因为…所以, 如果…就 and the Paired Structures That Join Clauses
Mandarin Negation: 不 (bù) vs 没 (méi), and Why 不有 Does Not Exist
Mandarin Question Formation: 吗, V-Not-V, 还是, and the In-Situ Wh-Word System
Mandarin Word Order: SVO, Topic-Comment, and the 把 Construction That Reorders Everything
Yes-No Questions in Mandarin: 吗 (ma), Echo Answers, and the Bounce-Back 呢 (ne)
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