喜
事

Happy occasion in Chinese: 喜事 (xǐ shì)

xǐ shì

happy occasion

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1happy occasion
  2. 2wedding

Stroke order

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喜
事

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄧˇ

xǐ

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iˇ/ third tone

ㄕˋ

shì

ㄕ/ shˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 你今天这么高兴,是有什么喜事吗?

    nǐ jīn tiān zhè me gāo xìng, shì yǒu shén me xǐ shì ma?

    You're so happy today, is there some good news?

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Related words

事

shì

matter

喜欢

xǐ huan

to like

事情

shì qing

affair

故事

gù shì

old practice

同事

tóng shì

colleague

从事

cóng shì

to go for

军事

jūn shì

military affairs

人事

rén shì

personnel

事实

shì shí

fact

事物

shì wù

thing

事先

shì xiān

in advance

好事

hǎo shì

good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed")

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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