尋歡

Chinese

		to search; to look for; to seek	joyous; happy; pleased
trad. (尋歡)		尋	歡
simp. (寻欢)		寻	欢

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xúnhuān

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cam⁴ fun¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xúnhuān
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syúnhuan
  - Wade–Giles: hsün²-huan¹
  - Yale: syún-hwān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyunhuan
  - Palladius: сюньхуань (sjunʹxuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn³⁵ xu̯än⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cam⁴ fun¹
  - Yale: chàhm fūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsam⁴ fun¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cem⁴ fun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm²¹ fuːn⁵⁵/

Verb

尋歡

to seek pleasure (especially sexual)

Synonyms

作樂／作乐 (formal)
取樂／取乐 (qǔlè)
尋求歡樂／寻求欢乐 (xúnqiú huānlè)

Derived terms

尋歡作樂／寻欢作乐 (xúnhuānzuòlè)

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