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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
lit. happiness, anger, sorrow, and joy (idiom) / fig. emotions
HSK 7-9
jubilation / festive
HSK 7-9
wedding feast / liquor drunk at a wedding feast
HSK 7-9
to be pleased beyond one's expectations (idiom) / overjoyed at the turn of events
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *喜* | 喜* | *喜
to be fond of / to like / to enjoy / to be happy / to feel pleased / happiness / delight / glad
sweet given on a happy occasion (esp. wedding)
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to get happily married; to form an auspicious union
peaceful death at a very advanced age
(ornithology) gregarious
joyous; delighted; merry
joyful / happy
to like / fond of / to prefer / to love / one's tastes / preference
HSK 7-9
happy occasion / wedding
HSK 7-9
radiant with joy
HSK 7-9
happy / joyous
HSK 7-9
face light up with delight (idiom); to beam with joy
wedding banquet
joy
(of news etc) so thrilling that everyone is rejoicing and spreading the word (Internet slang) / acronym from 喜聞樂見|喜闻乐见, 大快人心, 普天同慶|普天同庆 and 奔走相告
Tetragnatha (long-jawed spider) / same as 蟢子
(neologism c. 2018) to be thrilled to receive; to excitedly take delivery of
comicality / comical / (Buddhism) joy
magpie
full of joy (idiom); jubilation
to laugh / laughter
Himalayas
unable to contain one's joy (idiom)
hilarity / cheerful atmosphere
the Himalayas
temperamental / moody
announcement of joyful news / CL: 張|张
to love to hear and see (idiom) / well received / to one's liking
to tie the knot (idiom) / to get married
Himalayas
Heineken (Dutch brewing company) / see also 海尼根
likes and dislikes
happy / joyful
wedding invitation
joy from heaven (idiom); overjoyed at unexpected good news / unlooked-for happy event
good news / glad tidings
pleased; happy
pleased / happy
Sheraton (hotel chain)
grinning from ear to ear (idiom) / beaming with happiness
lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom); fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old
wedding car / carriage for collecting the bride
matron of honor (old)
heliophile / tending towards the sun / heliotropism
welcome fall of rain / seasonable rain
musical theater / Opéra Comique, Paris
crying tears of joy (idiom)
red-painted eggs, traditional celebratory gift on third day after birth of new baby
tip given on a happy occasion (traditional)
double happiness cakes, pastries offered by a man to his fiancée's family at the time of their engagement
happily
to have mixed feelings (about sth)
celebratory hanging scroll
(Tw) intellectually impaired child or youth (affectionate term)
happy expression / cheerful look
pleasing; gratifying
joy depresses one's qi vital breath / an excess of joy may lead to sluggishness of vital energy (TCM)
(bird species of China) spot-winged rosefinch (Carpodacus rodopeplus)
(neologism c. 2012) (slang) to become a stepfather when one's partner turns out to be pregnant with a child she conceived with another lover
to jump for joy
(idiom) to clap and dance in joy
(bird species of China) Himalayan cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus)
bridal veil (covering the face)
unable to contain one's joy (idiom)
wedding banquet / congratulatory feast
(bird species of China) Himalayan beautiful rosefinch (Carpodacus pulcherrimus)
Xide, a county in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture 涼山彝族自治州|凉山彝族自治州, Sichuan
(bird species of China) Himalayan white-browed rosefinch (Carpodacus thura)
(bird species of China) Himalayan buzzard (Buteo refectus)
(ichthyology) gregarious
77th birthday (honorific, archaic or Japanese term)
to beam with joy / in a happy mood


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