享福

Chinese

		enjoy	good fortune; happiness; luck good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev.); surname
simp. and trad. (享福)		享	福

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎngfú

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄈㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng² fuk¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hióng-fuk
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hióng-hok / hiáng-hok

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hiang² hog⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎngfú
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎngfú
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang³-fu²
    • Yale: syǎng-fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheangfwu
    • Palladius: сянфу (sjanfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoeng² fuk¹
    • Yale: héung fūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng² fuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêng² fug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ³⁵ fʊk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hióng-fuk
    • Hakka Romanization System: hiong^ˋ fug^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hiong³ fug⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯oŋ³¹ fuk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hióng-hok
    • Tâi-lô: hióng-hok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiofnghog
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /hiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɔk̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiáng-hok
    • Tâi-lô: hiáng-hok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiafnghog
    • IPA (Zhangzhou, Taipei): /hiaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiaŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɔk̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hiang² hog⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiáng hok
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ hok̚²/

Verb

享福

1. to enjoy a happy life; to live comfortably; to enjoy happiness

   前半生操勞，後半生享福。 [MSC, trad.]
   前半生操劳，后半生享福。 [MSC, simp.]

   Qiánbànshēng cāoláo, hòubànshēng xiǎngfú. [Pinyin]

   Work hard in the first half of your life and enjoy yourself in the second half.