忻悅

Chinese

		happy	pleased
trad. (忻悅/忻悦)		忻	悅/悦
simp. (忻悦)		忻	悦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnyuè

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄩㄝˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnyuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinyuè
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-yüeh⁴
    • Yale: syīn-ywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinyueh
    • Palladius: синьюэ (sinʹjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: xj+n ywet

Rime
Character	忻	悅
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	欣 (57)	仙 (82)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	許斤切	弋雪切
Baxter	xj+n	ywet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨn/	/jiuᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hɨn/	/jʷiɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xiən/	/juæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨn/	/jwiat̚/
Li Rong	/xiən/	/iuɛt̚/
Wang Li	/xĭən/	/jĭuɛt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi̯ən/	/i̯wɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xīn	yuè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jan1	jyut6

Adjective

忻悅

1. (literary) Alternative form of 欣悅／欣悦 (xīnyuè, “glad; joyful; happy”)

Synonyms

• 和樂／和乐 (hélè) (happy and harmonious)
• 喜悅／喜悦 (xǐyuè) (formal)
• 喜歡／喜欢
• 喜滋滋 (xǐzīzī)
• 喜躍／喜跃 (xǐyuè) (formal)
• 夷悅／夷悦 (yíyuè) (literary)
• 夷愉 (yíyú) (literary, happy and harmonious)
• 安樂／安乐 (ānlè) (peaceful and happy)
• 康樂／康乐 (kānglè) (literary, peaceful and happy)
• 快意 (kuàiyì)
• 快樂／快乐 (kuàilè)
• 快活 (kuàihuo)
• 怡悅／怡悦 (yíyuè) (literary)
• 悅意／悦意 (yuèyì)
• 悅懌／悦怿 (yuèyì) (literary)
• 愉快 (yúkuài)
• 愉悅／愉悦 (yúyuè)
• 暢快／畅快 (chàngkuài)
• 樂滋滋／乐滋滋 (lèzīzī)
• 欣喜 (xīnxǐ)
• 欣忭 (xīnbiàn) (literary)
• 欣悅／欣悦 (xīnyuè)
• 歡喜／欢喜 (huānxǐ)
• 歡娛／欢娱 (huānyú) (literary)
• 歡快／欢快 (huānkuài)
• 歡悅／欢悦 (huānyuè) (literary)
• 歡愉／欢愉 (huānyú) (literary)
• 歡暢／欢畅 (huānchàng)
• 歡樂／欢乐 (huānlè)
• 歡躍／欢跃 (huānyuè) (formal)
• 爽 (shuǎng)
• 爽神 (shuǎngshén) (literary or Min Nan)
• 痛快 (tòngkuài)
• 舒暢／舒畅 (shūchàng)
• 開心／开心 (kāixīn)
• 高興／高兴 (gāoxìng)