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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): xǐshì

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ ㄕˋ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): щисы (xisɨ, II-III)
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² si⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hí-sṳ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hí-sīr / hí-sū

(Teochew, Peng'im): hi² se⁷

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xǐshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ ㄕˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sǐshìh
  - Wade–Giles: hsi³-shih⁴
  - Yale: syǐ-shr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiishyh
  - Palladius: сиши (siši)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: щисы (xisɨ, II-III)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹ sz̩⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hei² si⁶
  - Yale: héi sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei² si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi² xi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ siː²²/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    喜事
    豈是／岂是
    起事
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hí-sṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: hi` sii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hi³ si⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /hi³¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hí-sīr
  - Tâi-lô: hí-sīr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɯ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hí-sū
  - Tâi-lô: hí-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hysu
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ su³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hi² se⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hí sṳ̄
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hi⁵²⁻³⁵ sɯ¹¹/

Noun

喜事

Synonyms

(wedding):

吉禮／吉礼 (jílǐ) (literary)
婚事 (hūnshì)
婚禮／婚礼 (hūnlǐ)
紅事／红事 (hóngshì)
親事／亲事 (qīnshì)
親情／亲情 (Hokkien, Teochew)

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)

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