大喜過望

Chinese

		very happy; overjoyed; exulted very happy; overjoyed; exulted; to be very happy; to be overjoyed; to be exulted	to go beyond one's expectations; excessive expectations; extravagant hopes
trad. (大喜過望)		大喜	過望
simp. (大喜过望)		大喜	过望

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàxǐguòwàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧˇ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄨㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ hei² gwo³ mong⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàxǐguòwàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄧˇ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄨㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàsǐguòwàng
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-hsi³-kuo⁴-wang⁴
    • Yale: dà-syǐ-gwò-wàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahshiiguohwanq
    • Palladius: дасигован (dasigovan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ wɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ hei² gwo³ mong⁶
    • Yale: daaih héi gwo mohng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ hei² gwo³ mong⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ héi² guo³ mong⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² hei̯³⁵ kʷɔː³³ mɔːŋ²²/

Idiom

大喜過望

1. to be delighted that things are better than one expected; to be overjoyed

Synonyms

• 喜出望外 (xǐchūwàngwài)