享受

Chinese

		enjoy	to bear; to stand; to endure to bear; to stand; to endure; (passive marker); to receive
simp. and trad. (享受)		享	受
anagram		受享

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎngshòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄕㄡˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hoeng² sau⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hiang² siu⁵

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): hióng-su

  (Meixian, Guangdong): hiong³ su⁴

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hióng-siū / hióng-siǔ / hiáng-siū

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hiang² siu⁶

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵shian-zeu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎngshòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄕㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎngshòu
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang³-shou⁴
    • Yale: syǎng-shòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheangshow
    • Palladius: сяншоу (sjanšou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoeng² sau⁶
    • Yale: héung sauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng² sau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêng² seo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ³⁵ sɐu̯²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hiang² siu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiaŋ⁵⁵ siu³²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hióng-su
    • Hakka Romanization System: hiong` su
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hiong³ su⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯oŋ³¹ su⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: hiong³ su⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /hiɔŋ³¹ su⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hióng-siū
    • Tâi-lô: hióng-siū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiofngsiu
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siu³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siu²²/
    • IPA (Penang): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ siu²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siu³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hióng-siǔ
    • Tâi-lô: hióng-siǔ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siu²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiáng-siū
    • Tâi-lô: hiáng-siū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiafngsiu
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siu²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siu³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiaŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siu³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hiang² siu⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiáng siŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ siu³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵shian-zeu
    • MiniDict: shian^去 zeu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xian-zeu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiã³³ zɤ⁴⁴/

Verb

享受

1. to enjoy; to relish; to delight in

   享受樂趣／享受乐趣  ―  xiǎngshòu lèqù  ―  to have fun

   看不見一個未來，我可以享受現在。 [MSC, trad.]
   看不见一个未来，我可以享受现在。 [MSC, simp.]

   Kàn bu jiàn yī ge wèilái, wǒ kěyǐ xiǎngshòu xiànzài. [Pinyin]

   [Although I] cannot foresee a [bright] future, I can enjoy the present.

Synonyms

• 享用 (xiǎngyòng)
• 受享 (shòuxiǎng) (literary)
• 受用
• 消受 (xiāoshòu) (often in the negative)

 

Noun

享受

1. enjoyment; comfort; pleasure; treat (Classifier: 種／种)

Synonyms

• 局 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 意味 (yìwèi)
• 意思
• 意趣 (yìqù)
• 樂趣／乐趣 (lèqù)
• 氣味／气味 (qìwèi) (figurative)
• 興味／兴味 (xìngwèi)
• 興會／兴会 (xìnghuì) (literary)
• 興致／兴致 (xìngzhì)
• 興趣／兴趣 (xìngqù)
• 趣味 (qùwèi)

 

Adjective

享受

1. comfortable; pleasant

Synonyms

• 停當／停当 (tíngdàng) (literary)
• 好受 (hǎoshòu)
• 安怡 (ānyí) (literary)
• 安逸 (ānyì)
• 安適／安适 (ānshì)
• 安閒／安闲 (ānxián)
• 寫意／写意 (xièyì) (dialectal)
• 得勁／得劲 (déjìn) (chiefly Zhongyuan Mandarin, Jilu Mandarin)
• 快活 (Hokkien)
• 恬逸 (tiányì) (literary)
• 敞快 (chǎngkuai)
• 是味 (shìwèi)
• 滋潤／滋润 (zīrùn) (colloquial)
• 爽快 (shuǎngkuài)
• 爽適／爽适 (sōng-sék) (Eastern Min)
• 自在 (zìzai)
• 舒坦
• 舒心 (shūxīn)
• 舒服
• 舒適／舒适 (shūshì)
• 逍遙／逍遥 (xiāoyáo)
• 適意／适意 (shìyì)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
享	受
きょう Grade: S	じゅ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʲo̞ːʑɨᵝ]

Noun

享(きょう)受(じゅ) • (kyōju) 

1. reception, being given

Verb

享(きょう)受(じゅ)する • (kyōju suru) transitive suru (stem 享(きょう)受(じゅ)し (kyōju shi), past 享(きょう)受(じゅ)した (kyōju shita))

1. to receive, to enjoy, to accept

Conjugation

Conjugation of "享受する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	享受し	きょうじゅし	kyōju shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	享受し	きょうじゅし	kyōju shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	享受する	きょうじゅする	kyōju suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	享受する	きょうじゅする	kyōju suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	享受すれ	きょうじゅすれ	kyōju sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	享受せよ¹ 享受しろ²	きょうじゅせよ¹ きょうじゅしろ²	kyōju seyo¹ kyōju shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	享受される	きょうじゅされる	kyōju sareru
Causative	享受させる 享受さす	きょうじゅさせる きょうじゅさす	kyōju saseru kyōju sasu
Potential	享受できる	きょうじゅできる	kyōju dekiru
Volitional	享受しよう	きょうじゅしよう	kyōju shiyō
Negative	享受しない	きょうじゅしない	kyōju shinai
Negative continuative	享受せず	きょうじゅせず	kyōju sezu
Formal	享受します	きょうじゅします	kyōju shimasu
Perfective	享受した	きょうじゅした	kyōju shita
Conjunctive	享受して	きょうじゅして	kyōju shite
Hypothetical conditional	享受すれば	きょうじゅすれば	kyōju sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative