喜 xǐ

1. xǐ verb to be fond of; to like
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense x has a similar meaning to 喜欢 or 喜爱 (ABC 'xǐ' 喜 bf 1; CC-CEDICT '喜'; Guoyu '喜' v 1; Unihan '喜').
2. xǐ adjective happy; delightful; joyful
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (ABC 'xǐ' 喜 bf 2; CC-CEDICT '喜'; Guoyu '喜' adj; Kroll 2015 '喜' 1, p. 408; )
3. xǐ adjective suitable
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '喜' 2, p. 408)
4. xǐ adjective relating to marriage
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '喜' adj 2)
5. xǐ adjective shining; splendid
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As a variant of 熙 (Kroll 2015 '喜' 3, p. 408)
6. xǐ proper noun Xi
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '喜' n 4)
7. xǐ adjective easy
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 喜 is similar in meaning to 容易.
8. xǐ verb to be pregnant
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In this sense 喜 is similar in meaning to 怀孕 (ABC 'xǐ' 喜 bf 4; Guoyu '喜' n 2)
9. xǐ noun joy; happiness; delight
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (ABC 'xǐ' 喜 bf 3; CC-CEDICT '喜'; Guoyu '喜' n 1; Kroll 2015 '喜' 1, p. 408; Suyu, p. 37; Unihan '喜')

Contained in

• 欢喜冤家(歡喜冤家) quarrelsome but loving couple
• 喜怒哀乐(喜怒哀樂) happiness, anger, grief, and joy; likes and dislikes
• 喜气(喜氣) hilarity; cheerful atmosphere
• 喜山𫛭(喜山鵟) Himalayan buzzard (Buteo burmanicus)
• 喜冲冲(喜衝衝) to beam with joy; in a happy mood
• 喜则气缓(喜則氣緩) joy depresses one's qi vital breath
• 贺喜(賀喜) to congratulate
• 喜跃(喜躍) to jump for joy
• 报喜(報喜) to announce good news; to report success
• 江酌之喜 feast at the birth of a child
• 喜群游 gregarious (ichthyology)
• 红白喜事(紅白喜事) weddings and funerals
• 一则以喜，一则以忧(一則以喜，一則以憂) happy on the one hand, but worried on the other
• 大喜 exultation
• 喜事 happy occasion ; a wedding
• 喜吟吟 joyful; happy
• 有喜 to be expecting; to be with child
• 喜糖 sweet given on a happy occasion (especially wedding)
• 喜雨 welcome fall of rain; seasonable rain
• 喜结连理(喜結連理) to tie the knot ; to get married
• 喜阳(喜陽) tending towards the sun ; heliophile ; heliotropism
• 喜笑颜开(喜笑顏開) a joyful smile and happy face; beaming with happiness
• 喜鹊属(喜鵲屬) Pica
• 喜山白眉朱雀 Himalayan white-browed rosefinch (Carpodacus thura)
• 喜群飞(喜群飛) gregarious (ornithology)
• 见而色喜(見而色喜) to like something as soon as one sees it
• 可喜可贺(可喜可賀) worthy of celebration; gratifying; Congratulations!
• 欢喜(歡喜) joyful ; to like
• 见猎心喜(見獵心喜) seeing others go hunting, one is excited by memories of the thrill of the hunt
• 喜形于色(喜形於色) face light up with delight; to beam with joy
• 喜从天降(喜從天降) joy from heaven; overjoyed at unexpected good news; unlooked-for happy event
• 逗人喜爱(逗人喜愛) cute
• 灰喜鹊(灰喜鵲) azure-winged magpie (Cyanopica cyanus)
• 喜兴(喜興) joyous; delighted; merry
• 喜喜欢欢(喜喜歡歡) happily
• 最喜爱(最喜愛) favorite
• 喜宴 wedding banquet
• 喜不自禁 unable to contain one's joy
• 喜乐(喜樂) joy
• 喜出望外 overjoyed beyond expectations
• 心有哀乐喜怒(心有哀樂喜怒) a heart with sadness, joy, pleasure, and anger
• 诈喜(詐喜) to pretend to be pleased
• 欣喜 to be happy
• 喜马拉雅(喜馬拉雅) The Himalayas
• 虞喜 Chinese astronomer (281-356) famous for determining the precession of the equinoxes
• 喜车(喜車) wedding car; carriage for collecting the bride

Also contained in

喜德 、 森喜朗 、 人间喜剧 、 欢喜国 、 宫泽喜一

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• 卷八十三 列傳第四十三 宗越 吳喜 黃回 Volume 83 Biographies 43: Zong Yue, Wu Xi, Huang Hui Book of Song 宋書 — count: 77
• 卷二十九 列傳第二十三: 宗元饒 司馬申 毛喜 蔡徵 Volume 29: Zhuang Yuanrao; Sima Shen; Mao Xi; Cai Zhi Book of Chen 陳書 — count: 43
• 卷八十四 列傳第四十四 鄧琬 袁顗 孔覬 Volume 84 Biographies 44: Deng Wan, Yuan Yi, Kong Ji Book of Song 宋書 — count: 37
• 卷六十八　列傳第五十八 趙知禮 蔡景歷 宗元饒 韓子高 華皎 劉師知 謝岐 毛喜 沈君理 陸山才 Volume 68 Biographies 58: Zhao Zhili, Cai Jingli, Zong Yuanrao, Han Zigao, Hua Jiao, Liu Shizhi, Xie Qi, Mao Xi, Shen Junli, Lu Shancai History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 35
• 卷一百十三　列傳第五十一:　完顏賽不 內族:完顏白撒一名承裔 赤盞合喜 Volume 113 Biographies 51: Wanyan Saibu, same clan: Wanyanbaisayimingchengyi, Chizhan Hexi History of Jin 金史 — count: 30
• 卷八十二 王商史丹傅喜傳 Volume 82: Wang Shang, Shi Dan and Fu Xi Book of Han 漢書 — count: 27
• 卷四十　　列傳第三十 魯爽 薛安都 鄧琬 宗越 吳喜 黃回 Volume 40 Biographies 30: Liu Shuang, Xue Andou, Deng Wan, Zong Yue, Wu Xi, Huang Hui History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 23
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 23
• 卷五十 志第三 天文三 Volume 50 Treatises 3: Astronomy 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 21
• 卷八十七　列傳第二十五:　紇石烈志寧 僕散忠義 徒單合喜 Volume 87 Biographies 25: Geshiliezhining, Pusan Zhongyi, Tu Danhexi History of Jin 金史 — count: 20

Collocations

• 甯喜 (甯喜) 衛獻公自夷儀使與甯喜言 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 25
• 公子喜 (公子喜) 鄭公子喜帥師伐許 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 14
• 宫喜 (宮喜) 衛北宮喜 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 11
• 喜曰 (喜曰) 宣子喜曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 11
• 喜时 (喜時) 公子喜時在內也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 8
• 喜帅 (喜帥) 鄭公子喜帥師伐許 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 5
• 喜弑 (喜弒) 衛甯喜弒其君剽 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 4
• 公喜 (公喜) 公喜而後可知也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 3
• 子喜 (子喜) 宣子喜曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
• 华喜 (華喜) 華喜為司徒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 3