"Joy" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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娱乐 yú lè to entertain / to amuse / entertainment / recreation / amusement / hobby / fun / joy
乐趣 lè qù delight / pleasure / joy
快感 kuài gǎn pleasure / thrill / delight / joy / pleasurable sensation / a high
愉悦 yú yuè joyful / cheerful / delighted / joy / delight
欢心 huān xīn favor / liking / love / jubilation / joy
喜乐 xǐ lè joy
欢悦 huān yuè happiness / joy / to be happy / to be joyous
禧 xǐ joy
谑 xuè joy / to joke / to banter / to tease / to mock / Taiwan pr. [nu:e4]
悰 cóng joy
意乐 yì lè joy / happiness
喜感 xǐ gǎn comicality / comical / (Buddhism) joy
销魂 xiāo hún ecstasy / rapture / to feel overwhelming joy or sorrow
喜怒哀乐 xǐ nù āi lè four types of human emotions, namely: happiness 歡喜|欢喜[huan1 xi3], anger 憤怒|愤怒[fen4 nu4], sorrow 悲哀[bei1 ai1] and joy 快樂|快乐[kuai4 le4]
不亦乐乎 bù yì lè hū lit. isn't that a joy? (quote from Confucius) / fig. (jocular) extremely / awfully
幸灾乐祸 xìng zāi lè huò lit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom) / fig. to rejoice in other people's misfortune / Schadenfreude
欣喜若狂 xīn xǐ ruò kuáng to be wild with joy (idiom)
兴冲冲 xìng chōng chōng full of joy and expectations / animatedly
欢声 huān shēng cheers / cries of joy or approval
欢天喜地 huān tiān xǐ dì delighted / with great joy / in high spirits
眉开眼笑 méi kāi yǎn xiào brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom) / beaming with joy / all smiles
心花怒放 xīn huā nù fàng to burst with joy (idiom) / to be over the moon / to be elated
喜气洋洋 xǐ qì yáng yáng full of joy (idiom) / jubilation
得意忘形 dé yì wàng xíng so pleased as to lose one's sense of measure / beside oneself with joy
消魂 xiāo hún overwhelmed (with joy, sorrow etc) / to feel transported
天伦之乐 tiān lún zhī lè family love and joy / domestic bliss
笑逐颜开 xiào zhú yán kāi smile spread across the face (idiom) / beaming with pleasure / all smiles / joy written across one's face
喜洋洋 xǐ yáng yáng radiant with joy
喜形于色 xǐ xíng yú sè face light up with delight (idiom) / to beam with joy
否极泰来 pǐ jí tài lái extreme sorrow turns to joy (idiom)
悲喜交集 bēi xǐ jiāo jí mixed feelings of grief and joy
其乐无穷 qí lè wú qióng boundless joy
先睹为快 xiān dǔ wéi kuài joy of first experience (idiom) / the pleasure of reading sth for the first time
乐极生悲 lè jí shēng bēi extreme joy turns to sorrow (idiom) / Don't celebrate too soon, things could still go wrong!
其乐不穷 qí lè bù qióng boundless joy
喜不自胜 xǐ bù zì shèng unable to contain one's joy (idiom)
喜从天降 xǐ cóng tiān jiàng joy from heaven (idiom) / overjoyed at unexpected good news / unlooked-for happy event
苦中作乐 kǔ zhōng zuò lè to find joy in sorrows (idiom) / to enjoy sth in spite of one's suffering
惊喜若狂 jīng xǐ ruò kuáng pleasantly surprised like mad (idiom) / capering madly with joy / to express boundless pleasure
为善最乐 wéi shàn zuì lè doing good deeds brings the greatest joy (idiom)
乐开花 lè kāi huā to burst with joy
七情 qī qíng seven emotional states / seven affects of traditional Chinese medical theory and therapy, namely: joy 喜[xi3], anger 怒[nu4], anxiety 憂|忧[you1], thought 思[si1], grief 悲[bei1], fear 恐[kong3], fright 驚|惊[jing1] / seven relations
喜不自禁 xǐ bù zì jīn unable to contain one's joy (idiom)
喜则气缓 xǐ zé qì huǎn joy depresses one's qi vital breath / an excess of joy may lead to sluggishness of vital energy (TCM)
喜极而泣 xǐ jí ér qì crying tears of joy (idiom)
喜冲冲 xǐ chōng chōng to beam with joy / in a happy mood
喜跃 xǐ yuè to jump for joy
展眉 zhǎn méi to beam with joy / all smiles
抃悦 biàn yuè to clap one's hands in joy
舞抃 wǔ biàn to dance for joy
鳌抃 áo biàn to clap and dance with joy
齐人之福 Qí rén zhī fú lit. the happy fate of the man from Qi (who had a wife and a concubine) (idiom) / fig. (ironically) the joy of having several partners / the life of a pasha
于归之喜 yú guī zhī xǐ the joy of matrimony (polite phrase referring to a young woman)
幸甚至哉 xìng shèn zhì zāi filled with joy (quotation from poems by Cao Cao 曹操[Cao2 Cao1])
吃别人嚼过的馍不香 chī bié rén jiáo guò de mó bù xiāng lit. bread previously chewed by someone has no flavor (idiom) / fig. there's no joy in discovering something if someone else got there first
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