歡樂

See also: 欢乐

Chinese

		joyous; happy; pleased	music; happy; laugh music; happy; laugh; cheerful
trad. (歡樂)		歡	樂
simp. (欢乐)		欢	乐

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	歡	樂
Reading #	1/1	3/3
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)	鐸 (103)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	呼官切	盧各切
Baxter	xwan	lak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/huɑn/	/lɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷɑn/	/lɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɑn/	/lɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwan/	/lak̚/
Li Rong	/xuɑn/	/lɑk̚/
Wang Li	/xuɑn/	/lɑk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/xuɑn/	/lɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huān	luò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fun1	lok6

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	歡	樂
Reading #	1/1	2/4
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	huān	lè
Middle Chinese	‹ xwan ›	‹ lak ›
Old Chinese	/*qʷʰˁar/	/*[r]ˁawk/
English	rejoice; joyous	joy; enjoy
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	歡	樂
Reading #	1/1	2/3
No.	4487	7673
Phonetic component	雚	樂
Rime group	元	藥
Rime subdivision	3	1
Corresponding MC rime	歡	落
Old Chinese	/*qʰoːn/	/*raːwɢ/

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): huānlè

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢ ㄌㄜˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): хуанлуә (huanluə, I-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fun¹ lok⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fôn-lo̍k
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoan-lo̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huānlè
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢ ㄌㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huanlè
    • Wade–Giles: huan¹-lê⁴
    • Yale: hwān-lè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huanleh
    • Palladius: хуаньлэ (xuanʹlɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än⁵⁵ lɤ⁵¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: хуанлуә (huanluə, I-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xuæ̃²⁴ luə²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fun¹ lok⁶
    • Yale: fūn lohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fun¹ lok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fun¹ log⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuːn⁵⁵ lɔːk̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fôn-lo̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: fon^ˊ log
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fon¹ log⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /fon²⁴⁻¹¹ lok̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoan-lo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: huan-lo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoanlok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huan⁴⁴⁻²² lɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huan³³ lɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan⁴⁴⁻²² lɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huan⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan⁴⁴⁻³³ lɔk̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: xwan lak

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʷʰˤar  [r]ˤawk/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰoːn  raːwɢ/

Adjective

歡樂

1. joyous; happy; pleasurable; merry

   異地戀能給我們帶來多少的歡樂，以至於我們是那麼的信仰。 [MSC, trad.]
   异地恋能给我们带来多少的欢乐，以至于我们是那么的信仰。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yìdìliàn néng gěi wǒmen dàilái duōshǎo de huānlè, yǐzhìyú wǒmen shì nàme de xìnyǎng. [Pinyin]

   Long-distance love bring us so much joy, so much so that we put real faith in it.

   • 飲酒則歡樂，處喪則悲哀。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     饮酒则欢乐，处丧则悲哀。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Yǐnjiǔ zé huānyuè, chùsàng zé bēi'āi. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

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• 和樂／和乐 (hélè) (happy and harmonious)
• 喜悅／喜悦 (xǐyuè) (formal)
• 喜樂／喜乐 (xǐlè)
• 喜歡／喜欢
• 喜滋滋 (xǐzīzī)
• 喜躍／喜跃 (xǐyuè) (formal)
• 夷悅／夷悦 (yíyuè) (literary)
• 夷愉 (yíyú) (literary, happy and harmonious)
• 安樂／安乐 (ānlè) (peaceful and happy)
• 康樂／康乐 (kānglè) (literary, peaceful and happy)
• 忻悅／忻悦 (xīnyuè) (literary)
• 快意 (kuàiyì)
• 快樂／快乐 (kuàilè)
• 快活 (kuàihuo)
• 怡悅／怡悦 (yíyuè) (literary)
• 悅意／悦意 (yuèyì)
• 悅懌／悦怿 (yuèyì) (literary)
• 愉快
• 愉悅／愉悦 (yúyuè)
• 暢快／畅快 (chàngkuài)
• 樂滋滋／乐滋滋 (lèzīzī)
• 欣喜 (xīnxǐ)
• 欣忭 (xīnbiàn) (literary)
• 欣悅／欣悦 (xīnyuè)
• 歡喜／欢喜 (huānxǐ)
• 歡娛／欢娱 (huānyú) (literary)
• 歡快／欢快 (huānkuài)
• 歡悅／欢悦 (huānyuè) (literary)
• 歡愉／欢愉 (huānyú) (literary)
• 歡暢／欢畅 (huānchàng)
• 歡躍／欢跃 (huānyuè) (formal)
• 爽 (shuǎng)
• 爽神 (shuǎngshén) (literary or Southern Min)
• 痛快 (tòngkuài)
• 舒暢／舒畅 (shūchàng)
• 開心／开心 (kāixīn)
• 高興／高兴 (gāoxìng)