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喜事

喜事

Chinese

		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	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (喜事)		喜	事

Noun

喜事

Derived terms

人逢喜事精神爽 (rén féng xǐshì jīngshén shuǎng)
紅白事／红白事 (hóngbáishì)

紅白喜事／红白喜事 (hóngbái xǐshì)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xǐshì

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² si⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hí-sṳ
Min Nan (POJ): hí-sīr / hí-sū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xǐshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiishyh
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei² si⁶
  - Yale: héi sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei² si⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ siː²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hí-sṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: hi` sii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hi³ si⁴
  - IPA: /hi³¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hí-sīr
  - Tâi-lô: hí-sīr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɯ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hí-sū
  - Tâi-lô: hí-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hysu
  - IPA (Taipei): /hi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/