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喜糖

xǐtáng

wedding sweets; wedding candy

Bride and groom offer a neighbor a box of red wedding candies
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Characters in this word

喜 xǐ

Strokes
12
Radical
口 — mouth
Made of
壴 drum 口 mouth
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 喜

糖 táng

Strokes
16
Radical
米 — rice, millet, grain
Made of
米 rice, millet, grain 唐 the Tang dynasty
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 新人把喜糖分给邻居,算是把好消息正式告诉大家。 Xīnrén bǎ xǐtáng fēn gěi línjū, suàn shì bǎ hǎo xiāoxi zhèngshì gàosu dàjiā. The newlyweds gave wedding sweets to their neighbours, formally sharing the good news with everyone.
  • 这盒喜糖是同事结婚时送我的,特别甜。 Zhè hé xǐtáng shì tóngshì jiéhūn shí sòng wǒ de, tèbié tián. A colleague gave me this box of wedding sweets when he got married; they're especially sweet.
  • 婚礼结束后,工作人员开始给客人发喜糖。 Hūnlǐ jiéshù hòu, gōngzuò rényuán kāishǐ gěi kèrén fā xǐtáng. After the wedding ended, the staff started handing out wedding sweets to the guests.

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