恭喜

Chinese

Chinese phrasebook

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		respectful	to be fond of; to like; to enjoy to be fond of; to like; to enjoy; to be happy; to feel pleased; happiness; delight; glad
simp. and trad. (恭喜)		恭	喜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): gōngxǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥㄒㄧˇ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): гунщи (gunxi, I-II)
Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ hei²
Gan (Wiktionary): gung¹ 'xi³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kiûng-hí

(Meixian, Guangdong): giung¹ hi³
Jin (Wiktionary): gung¹ xi²
Eastern Min (BUC): gṳ̆ng-hī
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kiong-hí

(Teochew, Peng'im): giong¹ hi²
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹kon-shi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gōngxǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥㄒㄧˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gongsǐ
  - Wade–Giles: kung¹-hsi³
  - Yale: gūng-syǐ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gongshii
  - Palladius: гунси (gunsi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: гунщи (gunxi, I-II)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuŋ²⁴ ɕi⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gung¹ hei²
  - Yale: gūng héi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ hei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ héi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ hei̯³⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: gung¹ 'xi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuŋ⁴² ˈɕi²¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiûng-hí
  - Hakka Romanization System: giung^ˊ hi^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: giung¹ hi³
  - Sinological IPA: /ki̯uŋ²⁴ hi³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: giung¹ hi³
  - Sinological IPA: /kiʊŋ⁴⁴⁻³⁵ hi³¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: gung¹ xi²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /kuŋ¹¹ ɕi⁵³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gṳ̆ng-hī
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(h-)ŋi³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiong-hí
  - Tâi-lô: kiong-hí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kionghie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hi⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɔŋ³³ hi⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hi⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hi⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: giong¹ hi²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiong hí
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kioŋ³³⁻²³ hi⁵²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹kon-shi
  - MiniDict: kon^平 shi
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kon-xi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /koŋ⁵⁵ ɕi²¹/

Verb

恭喜

to congratulate
表示恭喜 ― biǎoshì gōngxǐ ― to express congratulations

Synonyms

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恭祝 (gōngzhù)
恭賀／恭贺 (gōnghè)
慶賀／庆贺 (qìnghè)
拜賀／拜贺 (bàihè) (literary, polite)
相賀／相贺 (sio¹ ho³) (Teochew)
祝賀／祝贺 (zhùhè)
稱賀／称贺 (chēnghè) (literary)
賀喜／贺喜 (hèxǐ)
道喜 (dàoxǐ)
道賀／道贺 (dàohè)

Interjection

恭喜

congratulations!
恭喜手機尾號是XXXX的朋友獲得一等獎。 [MSC, trad.]
恭喜手机尾号是XXXX的朋友获得一等奖。 [MSC, simp.]
Gōngxǐ shǒujī wěihào shì XXXX de péngyou huòdé yīděngjiǎng. [Pinyin]
Congratulations to the participant whose phone number ends in XXXX for winning first prize.

Derived terms

恭喜發財／恭喜发财 (gōngxǐ fācái)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (恭喜):

→ Vietnamese: cung hỉ (恭喜)

Others:

→ Hawaiian: konohī
→ Zhuang: goengheij