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喜欢

xǐ huan

Old HSK 1 HSK 3.0 level 1 2-character word Traditional 喜歡

喜欢 (xǐ huan) means "to like; to be fond of". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was HSK 1 in the old six-level list.

What 喜欢 means

1. to like; to be fond of

The characters in 喜欢

• 喜xǐto be fond of; to like; to enjoy
• 欢huānjoyous; happy; pleased

Example sentences

• 她喜欢跑步
  Tā xǐhuan pǎobù
  She likes to run.
• 但你喜欢！
  But you like it!
• 我不喜欢。
  I don't like this.
• 我喜欢猫。
  I like cats.
• 我喜欢茶。
  I like tea.
• 我喜欢鱼。
  I like fish.

Words containing 喜欢

• 讨人喜欢tǎo rén xǐ huanto attract people's affection; charming; delightful
• 招人喜欢zhāo rén xǐ huancharming; attractive; delightful

Where 喜欢 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Feelings and Adjectives (HSK 1), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 1 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xǐ huan correctly.
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