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HSK
to like; to be fond of
HSK 1
to like / to love / to be fond of / favorite
HSK 4
a comedy / CL: , 齣|出
HSK 5
nice surprise / to be pleasantly surprised
HSK 6
to congratulate / (interj.) congratulations!
HSK 7-9
happy / joyous
HSK 7-9
jubilation / festive
HSK 7-9
wedding feast / liquor drunk at a wedding feast
HSK 7-9
to like / fond of / to prefer / to love / one's tastes / preference
HSK 7-9
happy
HSK 7-9
to attract people's affection / charming / delightful
HSK 7-9
lit. happiness, anger, sorrow, and joy (idiom) / fig. emotions
HSK 7-9
happy occasion / wedding
HSK 7-9
radiant with joy
HSK 7-9
to be pleased beyond one's expectations (idiom) / overjoyed at the turn of events
HSK 7-9
sweet given on a happy occasion (esp. wedding)
HSK 7-9
announcement of joyful news / CL: 張|张
As You Like It, comedy by Shakespeare
to everyone's delight and satisfaction
weddings and funerals
Sheraton (hotel chain)
La Comédie humaine, series of novels by 19th century French novelist Honoré de Balzac 巴爾扎克|巴尔扎克
wedding banquet / congratulatory feast
(bird species of China) Eurasian magpie (Pica pica)
wedding banquet
exultation
likes and dislikes
joy
double happiness cakes, pastries offered by a man to his fiancée's family at the time of their engagement
wedding invitation
Heineken (Dutch brewing company) / see also 海尼根
ecstasy / rapt
Himalayas
to be expecting / to be with child
good news / glad tidings
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *喜* | 喜* | *喜
to be fond of / to like / to enjoy / to be happy / to feel pleased / happiness / delight / glad
the Himalayas
quarrelsome but loving couple
hilarity / cheerful atmosphere
crying tears of joy (idiom)
full of joy (idiom); jubilation
overjoyed at unexpected good news (idiom)
double happiness / the combined symmetric character (similar to 喜喜) as symbol of good luck, esp. marriage
two simultaneous happy events in the family
delighted / with great joy / in high spirits
worthy of celebration / gratifying / Congratulations!
temperamental / moody
May you have a prosperous New Year! (New Year's greeting)
to announce good news / to report success
happily
lit. seeing others go hunting, one is excited by memories of the thrill of the hunt (idiom) / fig. seeing others do what one loves to do, one is inspired to try it again
congratulations on house-moving or promotion (idiom); Best wishes for your new home!
lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom); fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old
unable to contain one's joy (idiom)
to laugh / laughter
face light up with delight (idiom); to beam with joy
(Tw) (name) Chelsea
to jump for joy
red-painted eggs, traditional celebratory gift on third day after birth of new baby
(Buddhism) to be moved at the sight of good deeds / to join in charitable deeds / to tour temples
happy expression / cheerful look
joy from heaven (idiom); overjoyed at unexpected good news / unlooked-for happy event
Wenxi county in Yuncheng 運城|运城, Shanxi
to be wild with joy (idiom)
pleased; happy
Wenxi county in Yuncheng 運城|运城, Shanxi
celebratory hanging scroll
tip given on a happy occasion (traditional)
hidden smile / smirk / to rejoice covertly / secret satisfaction concerning one's evil plans
immeasurably self-satisfied
to accept criticism gladly (humble expr.) / to be happy when one's errors are pointed out
to report only the good news, not the bad news / to hold back unpleasant news / to sweep bad news under the carpet
to react to pregnancy by experiencing morning sickness or a strong appetite for certain foods
pleased / happy
to rejoice in grandiose deeds / to strive to achieve extraordinary things
mixed feelings of grief and joy
to have mixed feelings (about sth)
to congratulate
Tetragnatha (long-jawed spider) / same as 蟢子
pleasing; gratifying
tragicomedy
Thank you for your congratulations! / The same to you! (returning a compliment)
to go from anger to happiness (idiom)
to congratulate
welcome fall of rain / seasonable rain
Xide, a county in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture 涼山彝族自治州|凉山彝族自治州, Sichuan
matron of honor (old)
happy / joyful
(idiom) to clap and dance in joy
fortunately
brown beech mushroom; brown clamshell mushroom; buna-shimeji (Hypsizygus tessulatus)
sukiyaki
to love to hear and see (idiom) / well received / to one's liking
heliophile / tending towards the sun / heliotropism
unable to contain one's joy (idiom)
(Tw) intellectually impaired child or youth (affectionate term)
romantic comedy
Himalayas
(idiom) to get happily married; to form an auspicious union

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