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恭喜

恭喜

Chinese

		respectful	to be fond of; to like; to enjoy to be fond of; to like; to enjoy; to be happy; to feel pleased; happiness; delight; glad
simp. and trad. (恭喜)		恭	喜

Interjection

恭喜

congratulations!

Derived terms

恭喜發財／恭喜发财 (gōngxǐ fācái)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (恭喜):

Vietnamese: cung hỉ ‎(恭喜)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): gōngxǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥㄒㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ hei²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiûng-hí
Min Nan (POJ): kiong-hí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: gōngxǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥㄒㄧˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongshii
  - IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gung¹ hei²
  - Yale: gūng héi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ hei²
  - IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ hei̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiûng-hí
  - Hakka Romanization System: giung´ hi`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: giung¹ hi³
  - IPA: /ki̯uŋ²⁴ hi³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiong-hí
  - Tâi-lô: kiong-hí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kionghie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hi⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɔŋ³³ hi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hi⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hi⁴¹/