歡喜

歡喜

1. joyful; happy; delighted

歡喜

1. (literary or regional, including Cantonese, Gan, Min Dong, Min Nan, Sichuanese, Wu) to like; to be fond of

   我雖然歡喜，卻沒對你說。 [MSC, trad.]
   我虽然欢喜，却没对你说。 [MSC, simp.]

   From: 冬天裡的一把火

   Wǒ suīrán huānxǐ, què méi duì nǐ shuō. [Pinyin]

   Even though I like [you], I didn't tell you.

   我老歡喜儂個！ [Shanghainese, trad.]
   我老欢喜侬个！ [Shanghainese, simp.]

   I like you a lot!

   • 耶穌教訓衆人之時又話、提防個的讀書人呀、佢地好着長衫行遊、歡喜喺市上人地請佢安 [Cantonese, trad.]
     耶稣教训众人之时又话、提防个的读书人呀、佢地好着长衫行游、欢喜喺市上人地请佢安 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1872, 《馬可傳福音書（廣東土白）》 (The Gospel of Mark: Cantonese Vernacular) 12:38

     je⁴ sou¹ gaau³ fan³ zung³ jan⁴ zi¹ si⁴ jau⁶ waa⁶, tai⁴ fong⁴ go³ dik¹ duk⁶ syu¹ jan⁴ aa³, keoi⁵ dei⁶ hou³ zoek³ coeng⁴ saam¹ hang⁴ jau⁴, fun¹ hei² hai² si⁵ soeng⁶ jan⁴ dei⁶ cing² keoi⁵ on¹ [Jyutping]

     And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces

• “Entry #13241”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.