欣羨

Chinese

		happy	to envy
trad. (欣羨)		欣	羨
simp. (欣羡)		欣	羡
alternative forms		歆羨／歆羡 Mandarin; Min Nan

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīnxiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣㄒㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan¹ sin⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): him-siān / him-soān / herm-siǎn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīnxiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣㄒㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sinsiàn
  - Wade–Giles: hsin¹-hsien⁴
  - Yale: syīn-syàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinshiann
  - Palladius: синьсянь (sinʹsjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    [Show/Hide]
    ^edit
    ^edit
    欣羨 / 欣羡
    歆羨 / 歆羡
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan¹ sin⁶
  - Yale: yān sihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan¹ sin⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen¹ xin⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn⁵⁵ siːn²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: him-siān
  - Tâi-lô: him-siān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: himsien
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /him⁴⁴⁻³³ siɛn³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /him⁴⁴⁻²² siɛn²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: him-soān
  - Tâi-lô: him-suān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: himsoan
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /him⁴⁴⁻³³ suan³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /him⁴⁴⁻²² suan²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: herm-siǎn
  - Tâi-lô: herm-siǎn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /həm³³ siɛn²²/

Middle Chinese: xj+n zjenH

Rime
Character	欣	羨
Reading #	1/1	2/3
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	欣 (57)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	許斤切	似面切
Baxter	xj+n	zjenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨn/	/ziᴇn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/hɨn/	/ziɛn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/xiən/	/zjæn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɨn/	/zian^H/
Li Rong	/xiən/	/ziɛn^H/
Wang Li	/xĭən/	/zĭɛn^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xi̯ən/	/zi̯ɛn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xīn	xiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jan¹	zin⁶

Verb

欣羨

(literary or Southern Min) to adore; to admire

Synonyms

吃味 (chīwèi) (regional)
妒嫉 (dùjí)
妒忌 (dùjì)
妒恨 (dùhèn) (literary)
媢嫉 (màojí) (literary)
嫉妒 (jídù)
忌 (jì)
忌垢 (ji⁴ gou⁴) (Sichuanese)
忌妒 (jìdù)
怨妒 (Hokkien)
惡妒 / 恶妒 (Hokkien)
歆羨 / 歆羡 (xīnxiàn) (literary or Min Nan)
目珠紅 / 目珠红 (Puxian Min)
目空刺 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
目空赤 (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
目紅 / 目红 (Xiamen Hokkien, Quanzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
目赤 (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
眼氣 / 眼气 (nie² qi³) (Jin)
眼紅 / 眼红 (yǎnhóng)
紅目 / 红目 (Hokkien)
羨慕 / 羡慕 (xiànmù)
葡萄 (pou⁴ tou⁴) (Cantonese, Hong Kong, neologism)
豔羨 / 艳羡 (yànxiàn) (formal)
赤狗目 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
赤目 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)