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恭喜，道喜，賀喜 to congratulate, -tions;
喜，怒，哀，樂 joy, anger, sorrow and happiness;
雙喜 wedding.
(2) Expecting a child: 有喜 (a woman) is expecting;
害喜 show symptoms of early pregnancy (morning sickness, etc.).
喜愛，喜好 [xi3ai4], [xi3hao4]↓;
喜新厭舊 be fickle lover, abandon the old for the new;
好大喜功 like to do grandiose things to impress people;
喜客 like to have visitors and friends;
喜賭 love gambling;
喜帶高帽 like empty titles and honors.
(2) To feel happy: 可喜 likeable, (adv.) luckily;
可喜可賀 to be congratulated;
see Adj.↓.
喜孜孜，喜氣洋洋 filled with gayety;
歡天喜地 overjoyed;
喜色 a happy expression on one's face;
喜從天降 a sudden unexpected happy event;
喜事 [xi3shi4]↓.
(2) Concerning expectation of a child: 喜病 pregnancy, a “happy kind of illness.”
(3) Concerning wedding: 喜帖 card of announcement of a wedding or birthday celebrations;
喜轎 bridal sedan chair;
喜堂 hall for wedding ceremony.
2.喜慶 [xi3qing4], n., celebration of some happy event (wedding, etc.).
3.喜鵲 [xi3qUe4], n., the magpie, supposed to forecast good news.
4.喜房 [xi3fang1], n., (1) wedding chamber; (2) a dressing room for the bride to retire during ceremony and dinner.
5.喜果 [xi2guo3], n., red painted eggs, presented to friends on third day of birth of baby, also on wedding.
6.喜好 [xi3hao4], v.t., to love or like (skating, detective films, etc.).
7.喜歡 [xi3huan0], (1) v.t., to like or love (person, game); (2) adj., pleased: 他很喜歡 he is very pleased.
8.喜帳 [xi3zhang4], n., a long silk scroll to be hung on wall during some celebration, containing words of felicitations.
9.喜敬 [xi3jing4], n. & v.t., a gift on occasion; to present such gift.
10.喜劇 [xi3jU4], n., comedy.
11.喜脈 [xi3mo4], n., pulse-beat indicating pregnancy.
12.喜娘 [xi3niang2], n., a semi-professional woman attendant serving as bride's counsel on different steps of procedure.
13.喜容（兒） [xi3rong2]([er0]), n., (1) a happy look; (2) portrait of person done while living.
14.喜事 [xi3shi4], (1) n., happy occasions (birthdays, weddings, etc.); (2) v.t., to love to meddle.
15.喜悅 [xi3yUe4], adj., pleased.