Chinese symbol for “preference”
喜好
xǐ hào
to like; fond of; to prefer; to love
The closest CC-CEDICT match for preference is 喜好 (xǐ hào), defined as: to like; fond of; to prefer; to love; one's tastes; preference.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “preference”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 偏爱 (偏愛) | piān ài | to be partial towards sth; to favor |
| 趣味 | qù wèi | fun; interest; delight; taste; liking; preference |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 喜好.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 喜欢 (喜歡) | xǐ huan | to like; to be fond of; to be happy; to be pleased |
| 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 |
| 最好 | zuì hǎo | best; had better ...; it would be best to ... |
| 好像 | hǎo xiàng | as if; to seem like |
See also: Japanese symbol for “preference”.
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.