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歡喜

简欢喜 · 繁歡喜

Mandarin · pinyin huān xǐ

happy
joyous
delighted
to like
to be fond of

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歡: Look up this written character
喜: xǐ · like, love, enjoy; joyful thing
欢: huān · happy, pleased, glad; joy; enjoy

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1–3 · huan1 xi3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

fun1 hei2

Cantonese word readings for 歡喜. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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adj

joyful; happy; delighted

verb

(literary or regional, including Cantonese, Gan, Eastern Min, Southern Min, Sichuanese, Wu) to like; to be fond of

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