喜歡 (hei2 fun1 | xi3 huan5) : to like

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喜歡

hei2 fun1

xi3 huan5

to like - technically can be used for spoken Cantonese too, but 歡喜 is better for spoken. 鍾意/中意 is more often used to mean the same thing though.

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 7,760,000

This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 國

喜歡 / 喜欢

This word has been viewed 11497 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by claw on 18th Jul 2004 22:32 and last edited on 9th Nov 2008 03:22

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Characters in this word:

喜 hei2 - happy; joyful; pregnancy; be fond of
歡 fun1 - happy; pleased

2 compounds containing this word:

比較喜歡 - prefer
喜歡吵架 - quarrelsome

Showing all 5 examples containing 喜歡

我很喜歡喝西瓜汁。國
I like to drink watermelon juice.

我很喜歡喝珍珠奶茶。國
I like to drink Pearl Milk Tea.

我喜歡你的香水國
I like your perfume

我甚麼都喜歡吃國
I like to eat everything.
[literally: "I like to eat whatever"]

我什麼都喜歡吃國
I like to eat everything.
[literally: "I like to eat whatever"]

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