歆羨

Chinese

		pleased; moved	to envy
trad. (歆羨)		歆	羨
simp. (歆羡)		歆	羡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam¹ sin⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): him-siān / him-soān / herm-siǎn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinsiàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-hsien⁴
    • Yale: syīn-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinshiann
    • Palladius: синьсянь (sinʹsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jam¹ sin⁶
    • Yale: yām sihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam¹ sin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yem¹ xin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm⁵⁵ siːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: him-siān
    • Tâi-lô: him-siān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: himsien
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /him⁴⁴⁻³³ siɛn³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /him⁴⁴⁻²² siɛn²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: him-soān
    • Tâi-lô: him-suān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: himsoan
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /him⁴⁴⁻³³ suan³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /him⁴⁴⁻²² suan²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: herm-siǎn
    • Tâi-lô: herm-siǎn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /həm³³ siɛn²²/

Verb

歆羨

1. (literary or Southern Min) to adore; to admire

Synonyms

• 吃味 (chīwèi) (regional)
• 妒嫉 (dùjí)
• 妒忌 (dùjì)
• 妒恨 (dùhèn) (literary)
• 媢嫉 (màojí) (literary)
• 嫉妒 (jídù)
• 忌 (jì)
• 忌垢 (ji⁴ gou⁴) (Sichuanese)
• 忌妒 (jìdù)
• 怨妒 (Hokkien)
• 惡妒／恶妒 (Hokkien)
• 欣羨／欣羡 (xīnxiàn) (literary or Min Nan)
• 目空刺 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 目空赤 (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 目紅／目红 (Xiamen Hokkien, Quanzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 目赤 (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 眼氣／眼气 (nie² qi³) (Jin)
• 眼紅／眼红 (yǎnhóng)
• 紅目／红目 (Hokkien)
• 羨慕／羡慕 (xiànmù)
• 葡萄 (pou⁴ tou⁴) (Cantonese, Hong Kong, neologism)
• 豔羨／艳羡 (yànxiàn) (formal)
• 赤狗目 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 赤目 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)