Be fond of in Chinese
to be fond of · HSK 1
喜欢
- 喜 happy
- 欢 happy
我喜欢吃水果。 I like eating fruit.
Other ways to say be fond of
More words with 喜 or 欢
How do you say be fond of in Chinese?
Be fond of in Chinese is 喜欢 (xǐ huān). You can also say 喜爱 (xǐ ài), 爱 (ài), 好 (hào).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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