欢 huān
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 欠 — to lack, to owe
欢声笑语
huānshēngxiàoyǔ
cheerful voices and laughter
Characters in this word
声 shēng
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 士 — scholar, gentleman
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
笑 xiào
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- ⺮ — bamboo
- Made of
- ⺮ bamboo 夭 young, energetic
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
语 yǔ
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 吾 I, my, our
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 教室里充满了欢声笑语，同学们正在准备联欢会。 Jiàoshì lǐ chōngmǎn le huān shēng xiào yǔ, tóngxuémen zhèngzài zhǔnbèi liánhuānhuì. The classroom is filled with cheerful voices and laughter as the students prepare for a party.
- 过年的时候，家里总是欢声笑语不断。 Guònián de shíhou, jiā lǐ zǒngshì huān shēng xiào yǔ búduàn. At New Year the house is always full of laughter and cheerful voices.
- 公园里传来阵阵欢声笑语，那是孩子们在玩耍。 Gōngyuán lǐ chuánlái zhènzhèn huān shēng xiào yǔ, nà shì háizimen zài wánshuǎ. Waves of cheerful laughter drift from the park; it is the children playing.
Related words
- 喜欢 xǐhuan to like
- 欢迎 huānyíng to welcome
- 欢乐 huānlè joyful; joy
- 悲欢离合 bēihuānlíhé joys and sorrows; partings and reunions
- 欢呼 huānhū to cheer; to acclaim
- 欢聚 huānjù to gather joyfully; to reunite happily
- 欢快 huānkuài cheerful; lively
- 皆大欢喜 jiēdàhuānxǐ everyone is happy; to everyone's satisfaction
- 狂欢 kuánghuān to revel; revelry; carnival
- 联欢 liánhuān to celebrate together; to hold a get-together
- 大声 dàshēng loudly
- 声音 shēngyīn sound; voice