喜怒哀樂

See also: 喜怒哀楽 and 喜怒哀乐

Chinese

		to be fond of; to like; to enjoy to be fond of; to like; to enjoy; to be happy; to feel pleased; happiness; delight; glad	indignant	sorrow; grief; pity sorrow; grief; pity; to grieve for; to pity; to lament	music; happy; laugh music; happy; laugh; cheerful
trad. (喜怒哀樂)		喜	怒	哀	樂
simp. (喜怒哀乐)		喜	怒	哀	乐

Etymology

From the Doctrine of the Mean (《中庸》) in the Book of Rites:

喜怒哀樂之未發，謂之中；發而皆中節，謂之和；中也者，天下之大本也；和也者，天下之達道也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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喜怒哀乐之未发，谓之中；发而皆中节，谓之和；中也者，天下之大本也；和也者，天下之达道也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Xǐ nù āi lè zhī wèi fā, wèi zhī zhōng; fā ér jiē zhòng jié, wèi zhī hé; zhōng yě zhě, tiānxià zhī dà běn yě; hé yě zhě, tiānxià zhī dá dào yě. [Pinyin]

While there are no stirrings of pleasure, anger, sorrow, or joy, the mind may be said to be in the state of Equilibrium. When those feelings have been stirred, and they act in their due degree, there ensues what may be called the state of Harmony. This Equilibrium is the great root from which grow all the human actings in the world, and this Harmony is the universal path which they all should pursue.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xǐnù'āilè

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ ㄋㄨˋ ㄞ ㄌㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei² nou⁶ oi¹ lok⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xǐnù'āilè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ ㄋㄨˋ ㄞ ㄌㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐnù-ailè
    • Wade–Giles: hsi³-nu⁴-ai¹-lê⁴
    • Yale: syǐ-nù-āi-lè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiinuhaileh
    • Palladius: сину’айлэ (sinu’ajlɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ nu⁵¹ ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ lɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei² nou⁶ oi¹ lok⁶
    • Yale: héi nouh ōi lohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei² nou⁶ oi¹ lok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi² nou⁶ oi¹ log⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯³⁵ nou̯²² ɔːi̯⁵⁵ lɔːk̚²/

Idiom

喜怒哀樂

1. happiness, anger, sorrow and joy; the emotions of life

Korean

Hanja in this term
喜	怒	哀	樂

Noun

喜怒哀樂 • (huiroaerak) (hangeul 희로애락)

1. Hanja form^? of 희로애락 (“emotions”).