喜好

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	good; well; be fond of
trad. (喜好)		喜	好
simp. ^#(喜好)		喜	好

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xǐhào

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ ㄏㄠˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hei² hou³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): hei² hau¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hí-hòⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xǐhào
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ ㄏㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhào
  - Wade–Giles: hsi³-hao⁴
  - Yale: syǐ-hàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiihaw
  - Palladius: сихао (sixao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ xɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei² hou³
  - Yale: héi hou
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei² hou³
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi² hou³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ hou̯³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: hei² hau¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei⁵⁵ hau³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hí-hòⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: hí-hònn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hy'hvox
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ̃²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hi⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɔ̃⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ̃²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ̃¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɔ̃²¹/

Middle Chinese: xiX xawH

Rime
Character	喜	好
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	虚里切	呼到切
Baxter	xiX	xawH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨ^X/	/hɑu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/hɨ^X/	/hɑu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/xie^X/	/xɑu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨ^X/	/haw^H/
Li Rong	/xiə^X/	/xɑu^H/
Wang Li	/xĭə^X/	/xɑu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xi^X/	/xɑu^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xǐ	hào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hei²	hou³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰ(r)əʔ qʰˤuʔ-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*qʰlɯʔ qʰuːs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	喜	好
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xǐ	hào
Middle Chinese	‹ xi^X ›	‹ xaw^H ›
Old Chinese	/*qʰ(r)əʔ/	/*qʰˁuʔ-s/
English	joy; rejoice	love, like (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	喜	好
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	13416	4914
Phonetic component	喜	好
Rime group	之	幽
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	喜	秏
Old Chinese	/*qʰlɯʔ/	/*qʰuːs/

Verb

喜好

to like; to be fond of; to be keen on

Synonyms

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喜愛 / 喜爱 (xǐ'ài)
喜歡 / 喜欢
嗜好 (shìhào)
心愛 / 心爱 (xīn'ài)
愛好 / 爱好 (àihào)
欣賞 / 欣赏 (xīnshǎng)
歡喜 / 欢喜 (huānxǐ) (literary or regional)
熱愛 / 热爱 (rè'ài)
熱衷 / 热衷 (rèzhōng)
稀罕 (colloquial, usually in the negative)
酷好 (kùhào)
酷愛 / 酷爱 (kù'ài)

Dialectal synonyms of 喜歡 (“to like”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		好, 喜好, 愛好, 字
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		喜歡, 喜愛, 喜好, 愛好
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	喜歡, 好希, 稀罕, 愛
	Taiwan	喜歡, 愛
	Malaysia	喜歡
	Singapore	喜歡
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	喜歡
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	喜歡, 愛
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	喜歡, 歡喜, 愛
	Chongqing	喜歡, 歡喜
	Wuhan	喜歡, 愛
	Guilin	喜歡
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	歡喜
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	喜歡
Cantonese	Guangzhou	中意, 歡喜
	Hong Kong	中意, 好
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	中意
	Macau	中意
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	中意
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	中意
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	中意
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	中意
	Foshan	中意
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	中意
	Foshan (Shunde)	中意
	Foshan (Sanshui)	中意
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	中意
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	歡喜, 中意
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	中意
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	中意
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	中意
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	中意
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	中意
	Taishan	中意
	Kaiping (Chikan)	爽心, 中意
	Enping (Niujiang)	中意
	Heshan (Yayao)	中意
	Dongguan	中意
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	中意
	Yangjiang	中意, 歡喜
	Beihai	中意
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	中意
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	中意, 喜歡
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	中意
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	中意
	Singapore (Guangfu)	中意
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	中意
	Móng Cái	中意
Gan	Nanchang	歡喜
Hakka	Meixian	中意, 好
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	中意
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	中意
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	中意
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	中意
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	歡喜
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	中意, 好
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	中意, 好
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	中意, 好
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	中意, 合意, 好
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	中意, 好
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	佮意, 愛
	Senai (Huiyang)	中意
	Kuching (Hepo)	蘇格
Huizhou	Jixi	喜歡, 歡喜
Jin	Taiyuan	喜歡, 待見
Northern Min	Jian'ou	愛, 喜歡
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	歡喜, 中意, 愛
Southern Min	Xiamen	歡喜, 意愛, 愛, 佮意, 舒合
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	佮意
	Quanzhou	歡喜, 意愛, 愛, 佮意
	Shishi	佮意
	Zhangzhou	歡喜, 愛, 佮意, 意愛
	Tainan	佮意, 意愛, 愛
	Penang (Hokkien)	舒合, 愛
	Singapore (Hokkien)	舒合, 愛
	Manila (Hokkien)	愛, 佮意, 意愛
	Chaozhou	歡喜, 愛, 喜歡
	Shantou	歡喜
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	好, 尚, 喜歡
	Jieyang	歡喜, 愛, 好, 尚, 喜歡
	Puning	愛, 癮₂, 尚, 喜歡
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	喜歡
	Singapore (Teochew)	舒合
	Wenchang	歡喜
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	中意
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	字
Wu	Shanghai	歡喜
	Suzhou	歡喜
	Ningbo	歡喜, 看相, 中意 dated
	Wenzhou	喜歡
Xiang	Changsha	喜歡
Xiang	Shuangfeng	喜歡

Antonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 討厭 (“to dislike; to loathe; to hate”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		討厭, 厭惡, 憎惡
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	討厭, 不待見
	Taiwan	討厭
	Singapore	討厭
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	討厭, 惡素
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	格癢
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	討厭
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	討厭, 見不得, 嫌
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	嫌, 討厭
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	嫌, 惡嫌, 討厭
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	討厭, 格厭
Cantonese	Guangzhou	憎
	Hong Kong	憎
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	厭
	Macau	憎
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	憎
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	憎
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	憎
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	憎
	Foshan	憎
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	憎
	Foshan (Shunde)	憎
	Foshan (Sanshui)	憎
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	憎
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	憎
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	憎
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	憎
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	憎
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	憎
	Taishan	憎, 煩
	Kaiping (Chikan)	憎, 煩
	Enping (Niujiang)	憎
	Heshan (Yayao)	憎
	Dongguan	憎
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	憎
	Yangjiang	嬲
Gan	Nanchang	討厭, 討嫌, 嫌
Hakka	Meixian	惱
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	討厭, 嬲
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	嬲
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	憎
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	惱
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	惱
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	惱
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	惱
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	惱
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	慼
Jin	Taiyuan	討厭
Northern Min	Jian'ou	討厭, 怒
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	嫌, 顣, 怒
Southern Min	Xiamen	猌, 㤉, 沖, 沖神, 沖𡳞, 猌神, 㤉𡳞 vulgar, 㤉潲 vulgar, 猌𡳞 vulgar, 鑿𡳞 vulgar, 揬𡳞 vulgar
	Quanzhou	㤉, 㤉神, 㤉𡳞 vulgar, 㤉潲 vulgar, 揬𡳞 vulgar
	Jinjiang	㤉, 㤉神, 㤉潲 vulgar
	Zhangzhou	猌, 㤉, 猌神, 㤉𡳞 vulgar, 㤉潲 vulgar, 鑿𡳞 vulgar, 揬𡳞 vulgar
	Penang (Hokkien)	滷
	Singapore (Hokkien)	滷, 揬𡳞 vulgar
	Manila (Hokkien)	㤉, 㤉神, 㤉潲 vulgar, 㤉𡳞 vulgar
	Chaozhou	滷
	Jieyang	滷
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	憎
Wu	Suzhou	討厭, 注
	Ningbo	刻忖, 嫌鄙, 討厭, 難看, 難相
	Wenzhou	討厭, 惡
Xiang	Changsha	討嫌, 厭眼
Xiang	Shuangfeng	討嫌

Noun

喜好

interest; hobby

Synonyms

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偏嗜 (piānshì)
口味 (kǒuwèi) (figurative)
嗜好 (shìhào)
愛好 / 爱好 (àihào)
癖好 (pǐhào)
胃口 (wèikǒu) (figurative)
興趣 / 兴趣 (xìngqù)