喜愛

See also: 喜爱

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	to love; affection; to be fond of to love; affection; to be fond of; to like
trad. (喜愛)		喜	愛
simp. (喜爱)		喜	爱

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xǐ'ài

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ ㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² oi³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): hí-oi

(Hailu, HRS): hi^ˊ oi^ˇ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hi³ ai⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hí-ài

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xǐ'ài
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ ㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sǐ-ài
  - Wade–Giles: hsi³-ai⁴
  - Yale: syǐ-ài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiiay
  - Palladius: сиай (siaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei² oi³
  - Yale: héi oi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei² oi³
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi² oi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ ɔːi̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hí-oi
  - Hakka Romanization System: hi^ˋ oi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hi³ oi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /hi³¹ oi̯⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: hi^ˊ oi^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /hi²⁴⁻³³ oi¹¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hi³ ai⁴ [Phonetic: hi⁵ ai⁴]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hî-a̍i
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hi⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ ai⁴²/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hi³ ai⁴ [Phonetic: hi⁵ ai⁴]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hi³³²⁻²¹ ai⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hí-ài
  - Tâi-lô: hí-ài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hyaix
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ai²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ai⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ai²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ai¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ai²¹/

Verb

喜愛

to like; to be fond of; to be keen on; to love
獲得喜愛／获得喜爱 ― huòdé xǐ'ài ― to win favour

曹老師業餘喜愛閱讀，尤愛讀傳記、歷史、經濟和國際時事書刊。 [MSC, trad.]
曹老师业余喜爱阅读，尤爱读传记、历史、经济和国际时事书刊。 [MSC, simp.]
Cáo lǎoshī yèyú xǐ'ài yuèdú, yóu ài dú zhuànjì, lìshǐ, jīngjì hé guójì shíshì shūkān. [Pinyin]
Teacher Cao loves reading in his spare time, especially biographies, and books related to history, economics and international current affairs.

Synonyms

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喜好 (xǐhào)
喜歡 / 喜欢
嗜好 (shìhào)
心愛 / 心爱 (xīn'ài)
愛好 / 爱好 (àihào)
欣賞 / 欣赏 (xīnshǎng)
歡喜 / 欢喜 (huānxǐ) (literary or regional)
熱愛 / 热爱 (rè'ài)
熱衷 / 热衷 (rèzhōng)
稀罕 (colloquial, usually in the negative)
酷好 (kùhào)
酷愛 / 酷爱 (kù'ài)

Dialectal synonyms of 喜歡 (“to like”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		好, 喜好, 愛好, 字
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		喜歡, 喜愛, 喜好, 愛好
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	喜歡, 好希, 稀罕, 愛
	Taiwan	喜歡, 愛
	Malaysia	喜歡
	Singapore	喜歡
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	喜歡
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	喜歡, 愛
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	喜歡, 歡喜, 愛
	Chongqing	喜歡, 歡喜
	Wuhan	喜歡, 愛
	Guilin	喜歡
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	歡喜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	喜歡
Cantonese	Guangzhou	中意, 歡喜
	Hong Kong	中意, 好
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	中意
	Macau	中意
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	中意
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	中意
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	中意
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	中意
	Foshan	中意
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	中意
	Foshan (Shunde)	中意
	Foshan (Sanshui)	中意
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	中意
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	歡喜, 中意
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	中意
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	中意
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	中意
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	中意
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	中意
	Taishan	中意
	Kaiping (Chikan)	爽心, 中意
	Enping (Niujiang)	中意
	Heshan (Yayao)	中意
	Dongguan	中意
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	中意
	Yangjiang	中意, 歡喜
	Beihai	中意
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	中意
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	中意, 喜歡
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	中意
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	中意
	Singapore (Guangfu)	中意
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	中意
	Móng Cái	中意
Gan	Nanchang	歡喜
Hakka	Meixian	中意, 好
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	中意
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	中意
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	中意
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	中意
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	歡喜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	中意, 好
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	中意, 好
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	中意, 好
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	中意, 合意, 好
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	中意, 好
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	佮意, 愛
	Senai (Huiyang)	中意
	Kuching (Hepo)	蘇格
Huizhou	Jixi	喜歡, 歡喜
Jin	Taiyuan	喜歡, 待見
Northern Min	Jian'ou	愛, 喜歡
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	歡喜, 中意, 愛
Southern Min	Xiamen	歡喜, 意愛, 愛, 佮意, 舒合
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	佮意
	Quanzhou	歡喜, 意愛, 愛, 佮意
	Shishi	佮意
	Zhangzhou	歡喜, 愛, 佮意, 意愛
	Tainan	佮意, 意愛, 愛
	Penang (Hokkien)	舒合, 愛
	Singapore (Hokkien)	舒合, 愛
	Manila (Hokkien)	愛, 佮意, 意愛
	Chaozhou	歡喜, 愛, 喜歡
	Shantou	歡喜
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	好, 尚, 喜歡
	Jieyang	歡喜, 愛, 好, 尚, 喜歡
	Puning	愛, 癮₂, 尚, 喜歡
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	喜歡
	Singapore (Teochew)	舒合
	Wenchang	歡喜
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	中意
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	字
Wu	Shanghai	歡喜
	Suzhou	歡喜
	Ningbo	歡喜, 看相, 中意 dated
	Wenzhou	喜歡
Xiang	Changsha	喜歡
Xiang	Shuangfeng	喜歡