Like in Chinese (Mandarin): 喜欢 (xǐhuan)
喜欢
xǐhuan
like
- Simplified
- 喜欢
- Traditional
- 喜歡
- Pinyin
- xǐhuan
- Typed as
- xihuan
Use it in a sentence
我喜欢小猫。
我喜歡小貓。
I like kittens.
The characters in 喜欢
喜
Joy, happy.
12 strokes
欢 / 歡
Glad, merry.
6 strokes
Say 欢 short and light: xǐ-huan. I like it is 我喜欢 (wǒ xǐhuan), and I don't like it is 我不喜欢.
More examples with 喜欢
我喜欢画画。
我喜歡畫畫。
Wǒ xǐhuan huàhuà.
I like drawing.
你喜欢什么颜色？
你喜歡什麼顏色？
Nǐ xǐhuan shénme yánsè?
What color do you like?
How to write 喜欢 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
喜 12 strokes
欢 6 strokes
In Traditional characters:
歡 22 strokes
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