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

• 逗人喜爱(逗人喜愛) cute
• 有喜 to be expecting; to be with child
• 不以物喜，不以己悲 not to become attached to material things, not to pity oneself
• 喜冲冲(喜衝衝) to beam with joy; in a happy mood
• 狂喜 ecstasy; rapt
• 见猎心喜(見獵心喜) seeing others go hunting, one is excited by memories of the thrill of the hunt
• 幸喜 fortunately
• 喜怒 favor or wrath
• 喜庆(喜慶) joyful; jubilant ; a joyful event ; to congratulate
• 喜笑颜开(喜笑顏開) a joyful smile and happy face; beaming with happiness
• 喜群游 gregarious (ichthyology)
• 喜怒无常(喜怒無常) temperamental; moody
• 最喜爱(最喜愛) favorite
• 红白喜事(紅白喜事) weddings and funerals
• 暗喜 hidden smile; smirk; to rejoice covertly; secret satisfaction concerning one's evil plans
• 喜乐(喜樂) joy
• 忽喜忽忧(忽喜忽憂) suddenly joyful, suddenly sad
• 见而色喜(見而色喜) to like something as soon as one sees it
• 欢喜(歡喜) joyful ; to like
• 喜山红眉朱雀(喜山紅眉朱雀) Himalayan beautiful rosefinch (Carpodacus pulcherrimus)
• 喜鹊(喜鵲) Eurasian magpie
• 不喜 not happy; not especially joyful
• 喜酒 wedding feast; liquor drunk at a wedding feast
• 喜不自禁 unable to contain one's joy
• 喜帐(喜帳) a congratulatory wedding scroll
• 欢欢喜喜(歡歡喜喜) happily
• 喜服 wedding clothes
• 喜不自胜(喜不自勝) unable to contain one's joy
• 心有哀乐喜怒(心有哀樂喜怒) a heart with sadness, joy, pleasure, and anger
• 喜结连理(喜結連理) to tie the knot ; to get married
• 喜新厌旧(喜新厭舊) to like the new, and hate the old
• 喜讯(喜訊) good news
• 喜车(喜車) wedding car; carriage for collecting the bride
• 喜悦(喜悅) happy; joyous
• 喜蛋 red-painted eggs
• 喜感 comicality; comical; joy
• 喜帖 wedding invitation
• 喜恶(喜惡) likes and dislikes
• 娠喜 pregnancy
• 喜山白眉朱雀 Himalayan white-browed rosefinch (Carpodacus thura)
• 双喜临门(雙喜臨門) two simultaneous happy events in the family
• 吵喜 to celebrate noisily
• 喜寿(喜壽) 77th birthday (honorific, archaic or Japanese term)
• 喜宴 wedding banquet
• 喜马拉雅山(喜馬拉雅山) Himalayas
• 喜好 to like; to be fond of; to prefer; to love

Also contained in

报喜不报忧 、 卫福喜 、 妙喜国 、 欢喜国 、 闻喜县

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Truncated for common words

• 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
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 23
• 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
• 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
• 喜言 (喜言) 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: 3
• 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
• 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