喜闻乐见 xǐwénlèjiàn
To love to hear and see (idiom); well received; to one's liking†
What 喜闻乐见 means
- To love to hear and see (idiom)†
- well received†
- to one's liking†
† Our own dictionary has no entry for 喜闻乐见, so these meanings are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors and based on CEDICT © 1997, 1998 Paul Andrew Denisowski, and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does 喜闻乐见 mean in English?
喜闻乐见 is pronounced xǐwénlèjiàn and means To love to hear and see (idiom), well received, to one's liking †.
How do you pronounce 喜闻乐见?
喜闻乐见 is xǐwénlèjiàn in pinyin — written xiwenlejian without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.
What are the characters in 喜闻乐见?
喜闻乐见 is written with 4 characters: 喜 (xǐ) Happy (to like - suit - be pregnant), 闻 (wén) Hear (smell - news - reputation), 乐 (lè) Happy (cheerful - take pleasure - laugh), 见 (jiàn) See (meet - visible - appear). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.
How is 喜闻乐见 written in traditional Chinese?
喜聞樂見. The simplified form 喜闻乐见 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 喜聞樂見 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced xǐwénlèjiàn.
Is 喜闻乐见 an HSK word?
Yes — 喜闻乐见 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
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