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双喜

雙喜
shuāngxǐ
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 double happiness
  2. 2 the symbol 囍 used as a wedding decoration
  3. 3 Double Happiness brand (cigarettes, table tennis equipment)

Examples

HSK 5
婚礼现场到处贴着大红双喜。
Hūnlǐ xiànchǎng dàochù tiē zhe dàhóng shuāngxǐ.
Big red 'double happiness' characters were pasted up everywhere at the wedding venue.
HSK 5
他抽的是双喜牌香烟。
Tā chōu de shì Shuāngxǐ pái xiāngyān.
He smokes Double Happiness cigarettes.

Tips

culture
'Double happiness': the combined symmetric character 囍 (a doubled 喜) serves as a symbol of good luck, especially marriage. It is pasted on doors, mirrors and walls at Chinese weddings, the most ubiquitous wedding glyph in the Sinosphere.
history
Folk legend attributes the 囍 ligature to Song-dynasty scholar 王安石: he reportedly wrote it after both passing the imperial exam and getting engaged on the same day (literally 双 'double' 喜 'joys'). Whether or not the story is true, the character has stuck for nearly a millennium.

Stroke Order

双 shuāng
喜 xǐ