How to say it in Chinese

Like in Chinese

to like · HSK 1

喜欢 xǐ huān

  1. 喜 xǐ happy
  2. 欢 huān happy

我喜欢吃水果。 I like eating fruit.

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Other ways to say like

More words with 喜 or 欢

How do you say like in Chinese?

Like in Chinese is 喜欢 (xǐ huān). You can also say 喜爱 (xǐ ài), 如 (rú), 如同 (rú tóng), 点赞 (diǎn zàn).

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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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.