喜欢 (xǐhuan) means To like (be fond of). Below are 24 of the 123 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
Reading these is one thing; producing 喜欢 yourself is another. Cloze in Context takes a sentence from this same bank, removes one word and asks you to put it back — beginner, intermediate and advanced.
From the graded readers
我们 喜欢 吃米饭和菜。
wǒmen xǐhuan chī mǐfàn hé cài.
We like eating rice and vegetables.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Day
我很 喜欢 我的新衣服。
wǒ hěn xǐhuan wǒ de(possessive) xīn yīfu.
I really like my new clothes.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going Shopping
我以为这样大家会 喜欢 我。
wǒ yǐwéi zhèyàng dàjiā huì xǐhuan wǒ.
I thought people would like me for it.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
她 喜欢 跑步，每天早上都跑。
tā xǐhuan pǎobù, měitiān zǎoshang dōu pǎo.
She likes running and runs every morning.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Friend Lili
我很 喜欢 小白，它是我的好朋友。
wǒ hěn xǐhuan xiǎo bái, tā shì wǒ de(possessive) hǎo / hào péngyou.
I love Xiaobai. He's my good friend.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Cat
小白很 喜欢 睡觉，也很 喜欢 吃东西。
xiǎo bái hěn xǐhuan shuìjiào, yě hěn xǐhuan chī dōngxī.
Xiaobai loves sleeping, and loves eating too.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Family
小白 喜欢 睡觉，一天睡很多个小时。
xiǎo bái xǐhuan shuìjiào, yī tiān shuì hěnduō gè xiǎoshí.
Xiaobai likes sleeping — he sleeps a lot of hours a day.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Cat
小白不 喜欢 水，可是它很 喜欢 吃鱼。
xiǎo bái bù xǐhuan shuǐ, kěshì tā hěn xǐhuan chī yú.
Xiaobai doesn't like water, but he loves eating fish.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Cat
我说：“工作很忙，可是我很 喜欢 。”
wǒ shuō:" gōngzuò hěn máng, kěshì wǒ hěn xǐhuan."
I said, "Work is busy, but I like it."
Graded reader · HSK 1 · A Phone Call
From the grammar library
你 喜欢 中国菜吗？
Nǐ xǐhuan Zhōngguó cài ma?
Do you like Chinese food?
Grammar library · HSK 1 · 吗 and 呢 questions
你喜不 喜欢 中国菜？
Nǐ xǐ bu xǐhuan Zhōngguó cài?
Do you like Chinese food?
Grammar library · HSK 2 · A-not-A questions
喜欢 appears in 123 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Questions about 喜欢
How is 喜欢 used in a sentence?
This page shows 123 sentences using 喜欢 (xǐhuan, "To like (be fond of)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 喜欢 an HSK word?
Yes — 喜欢 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 喜欢?
The dictionary page for 喜欢 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
Keep going
Read the full entry for 喜欢, write a sentence of your own and check it in the Pinyin Annotator, drill it with HSK 1 flashcards, or search the whole sentence bank for another word.
Another word
Chinese, pinyin or English. Tone marks optional.