賀喜

Chinese

		congratulate	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
trad. (賀喜)		賀	喜
simp. (贺喜)		贺	喜

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hèxǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˋ ㄒㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho⁶ hei²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hō-hí

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hèxǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˋ ㄒㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hèsǐ
    • Wade–Giles: ho⁴-hsi³
    • Yale: hè-syǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hehshii
    • Palladius: хэси (xɛsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ⁵¹ ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho⁶ hei²
    • Yale: hoh héi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁶ hei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho⁶ héi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː²² hei̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō-hí
    • Tâi-lô: hō-hí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoixhie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ho²²⁻²¹ hi⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ho⁴¹⁻²² hi⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho²²⁻²¹ hi⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ho³³⁻¹¹ hi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ³³⁻²¹ hi⁴¹/

Verb

賀喜

1. to congratulate somebody on a happy occasion (e.g. a wedding, the birth of a child, etc.); to offer congratulations

Synonyms

• 恭喜 (gōngxǐ)
• 恭祝 (gōngzhù)
• 恭賀／恭贺 (gōnghè)
• 慶賀／庆贺 (qìnghè)
• 拜賀／拜贺 (bàihè) (literary, polite)
• 相賀／相贺 (sio¹ ho³) (Teochew)
• 祝賀／祝贺 (zhùhè)
• 稱賀／称贺 (chēnghè) (literary)
• 道喜 (dàoxǐ)
• 道賀／道贺 (dàohè)