Chinese symbol for “like”
喜欢
xǐ huan
Traditional: 喜歡
to like; to be fond of; to be happy; to be pleased; to tend to
The closest CC-CEDICT match for like is 喜欢 (xǐ huan), defined as: to like; to be fond of; to be happy; to be pleased; to tend to.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “like”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 同 | tóng | like; same |
| 喜爱 (喜愛) | xǐ ài | to like; to love |
| 如同 | rú tóng | like; as |
| 爱 (愛) | ài | to love; to be fond of; to like; affection |
| 爱好 (愛好) | ài hào | to like; to be fond of; to take pleasure in; to be keen on; interest; hobby |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 喜欢.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 喜爱 (喜愛) | xǐ ài | to like; to love |
| 惊喜 (驚喜) | jīng xǐ | nice surprise; to be pleasantly surprised |
| 恭喜 | gōng xǐ | to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! |
| 喜剧 (喜劇) | xǐ jù | a comedy; measure word: 部 (bù), 出 (chū) |
| 喜悦 (喜悅) | xǐ yuè | happy; joyous |
| 欢迎 (歡迎) | huān yíng | to welcome; welcome |
| 欢乐 (歡樂) | huān lè | gaiety; gladness |
| 受欢迎 (受歡迎) | shòu huān yíng | to be popular; to be well-liked; to be warmly received |
See also: Japanese symbol for “like”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.