喜事

Chinese

		to be fond of; to like; to enjoy to be fond of; to like; to enjoy; to be happy; to feel pleased; happiness; delight; glad	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (喜事)		喜	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): xǐshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ ㄕˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): щисы (xisɨ, II-III)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² si⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hí-sṳ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hí-sīr / hí-sū

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hi² se⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xǐshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐshìh
    • Wade–Giles: hsi³-shih⁴
    • Yale: syǐ-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiishyh
    • Palladius: сиши (siši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: щисы (xisɨ, II-III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹ sz̩⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hei² si⁶
    • Yale: héi sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei² si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi² xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ siː²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 喜事 豈是／岂是 起事

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hí-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: hi` sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hi³ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /hi³¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hí-sīr
    • Tâi-lô: hí-sīr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɯ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hí-sū
    • Tâi-lô: hí-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hysu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hi² se⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hí sṳ̄
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hi⁵²⁻³⁵ sɯ¹¹/

Noun

喜事

1. joyful occasion
2. wedding

Synonyms

• (wedding):

• 吉禮／吉礼 (jílǐ) (literary)
• 婚事 (hūnshì)
• 婚禮／婚礼 (hūnlǐ)
• 紅事／红事 (hóngshì)
• 親事／亲事 (qīnshì)
• 親情／亲情 (Hokkien, Teochew)

 

Derived terms

• 人逢喜事精神爽 (rén féng xǐshì jīngshén shuǎng)
• 紅白事／红白事 (hóngbáishì)
• 紅白喜事／红白喜事 (hóngbái xǐshì)