喜
酒

Wedding feast in Chinese: 喜酒 (xǐ jiǔ)

xǐ jiǔ

wedding feast

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Definitions

  1. 1wedding feast
  2. 2liquor drunk at a wedding feast

Stroke order

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喜
酒

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄧˇ

xǐ

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iˇ/ third tone

ㄐㄧㄡˇ

jiǔ

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄡ/ ouˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

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  • 下个月我要去喝他们的喜酒。

    xià gè yuè wǒ yào qù hē tā men de xǐ jiǔ。

    Next month I'm going to their wedding banquet.

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Related words

酒

jiǔ

wine (esp. rice wine)

喜欢

xǐ huan

to like

啤酒

pí jiǔ

beer (loanword)

酒吧

jiǔ bā

bar

酒店

jiǔ diàn

wine shop

红酒

hóng jiǔ

red wine

喜爱

xǐ ài

to like

白酒

bái jiǔ

baijiu, a spirit usually distilled from sorghum

酒鬼

jiǔ guǐ

drunkard

喜剧

xǐ jù

comedy

惊喜

jīng xǐ

nice surprise

酒水

jiǔ shuǐ

beverage

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