尋歡

Chinese

		to search; to look for; to seek	joyous; happy; pleased
trad. (尋歡)		尋	歡
simp. (寻欢)		寻	欢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xúnhuān

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cam⁴ fun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xúnhuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syúnhuan
    • Wade–Giles: hsün²-huan¹
    • Yale: syún-hwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyunhuan
    • Palladius: сюньхуань (sjunʹxuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵ xu̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cam⁴ fun¹
    • Yale: chàhm fūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsam⁴ fun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cem⁴ fun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹ fuːn⁵⁵/

Verb

尋歡

1. to seek pleasure (especially sexual)

Synonyms

• 作樂／作乐 (formal)
• 取樂／取乐 (qǔlè)
• 尋求歡樂／寻求欢乐 (xúnqiú huānlè)

 

Derived terms

• 尋歡作樂／寻欢作乐 (xúnhuānzuòlè)