享受

Chinese

		enjoy	to bear; to stand; to endure to bear; to stand; to endure; (passive marker); to receive
simp. and trad. (享受)		享	受
anagram		受享

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎngshòu

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄕㄡˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hoeng² sau⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): hiang² siu⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): hióng-su

(Hailu, HRS): hiong^ˊ shiu^˖

(Meixian, Guangdong): hiong³ su⁴
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hyorng³ siu⁵ / hyoeng³ siu⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hióng-siū / hióng-siǔ / hiáng-siū

(Teochew, Peng'im): hiang² siu⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵shian-zeu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎngshòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄕㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎngshòu
  - Wade–Giles: hsiang³-shou⁴
  - Yale: syǎng-shòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheangshow
  - Palladius: сяншоу (sjanšou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoeng² sau⁶
  - Yale: héung sauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng² sau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: hêng² seo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ³⁵ sɐu̯²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: hiang² siu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiaŋ⁵⁵ siu³²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hióng-su
  - Hakka Romanization System: hiong^ˋ su
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hiong³ su⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /hi̯oŋ³¹ su⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: hiong^ˊ shiu^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /hioŋ²⁴⁻³³ ʃiu³³/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: hiong³ su⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /hiɔŋ³¹ su⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hyorng³ siu⁵ [Phonetic: hyorng² siu⁵]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: hiô̤ng-siū
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyɒŋ⁴⁵³⁻¹³ ɬiu¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: hyoeng³ siu⁵ [Phonetic: hyoeng² siu⁵]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyøŋ³³²⁻²⁴ ɬiu²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hióng-siū
  - Tâi-lô: hióng-siū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiofngsiu
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siu³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siu²²/
  - IPA (Penang): /hiɔŋ⁴⁴⁵⁻⁴⁴ siu²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siu³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hióng-siǔ
  - Tâi-lô: hióng-siǔ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siu²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiáng-siū
  - Tâi-lô: hiáng-siū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiafngsiu
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siu²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siu³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiaŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siu³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hiang² siu⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiáng siŭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ siu³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵shian-zeu
  - MiniDict: shian^去 zeu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xian-zeu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiã³³ zɤ⁴⁴/

Verb

享受

to enjoy; to relish; to delight in
享受樂趣／享受乐趣 ― xiǎngshòu lèqù ― to have fun

看不見一個未來，我可以享受現在。 [MSC, trad.]
看不见一个未来，我可以享受现在。 [MSC, simp.]
Kàn bu jiàn yī ge wèilái, wǒ kěyǐ xiǎngshòu xiànzài. [Pinyin]
[Although I] cannot foresee a [bright] future, I can enjoy the present.

Synonyms

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享用 (xiǎngyòng)
受享 (shòuxiǎng) (literary)
受用
消受 (xiāoshòu) (often in the negative)

Noun

享受

enjoyment; comfort; pleasure; treat (Classifier: 種／种)

Synonyms

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局 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
意味 (yìwèi)
意思
意趣 (yìqù)
樂趣 / 乐趣 (lèqù)
氣味 / 气味 (qìwèi) (figurative)
興味 / 兴味 (xìngwèi)
興會 / 兴会 (xìnghuì) (literary)
興致 / 兴致 (xìngzhì)
興趣 / 兴趣 (xìngqù)
趣味 (qùwèi)

Adjective

享受

comfortable; pleasant

Synonyms

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停當 / 停当 (tíngdàng) (literary)
好受 (hǎoshòu)
安怡 (ānyí) (literary)
安逸 (ānyì)
安適 / 安适 (ānshì)
安閒 / 安闲 (ānxián)
寫意 / 写意 (xièyì) (dialectal)
得勁 / 得劲 (déjìn) (chiefly Zhongyuan Mandarin, Jilu Mandarin)
快活 (Hokkien)
恬逸 (tiányì) (literary)
敞快 (chǎngkuai)
是味 (shìwèi)
滋潤 / 滋润 (zīrùn) (colloquial)
爽快 (shuǎngkuài)
爽適 / 爽适 (sōng-sék) (Eastern Min)
自在 (zìzai)
舒坦
舒心 (shūxīn)
舒服
舒適 / 舒适 (shūshì)
逍遙 / 逍遥 (xiāoyáo)
適意 / 适意 (shìyì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
享	受
きょう Grade: S	じゅ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kʲo̞ːʑɨ]

Noun

享(きょう)受(じゅ) • (kyōju)

reception, being given

Verb

享(きょう)受(じゅ)する • (kyōju suru) transitive suru (stem 享(きょう)受(じゅ)し (kyōju shi), past 享(きょう)受(じゅ)した (kyōju shita))

to receive, to enjoy, to accept
- 2025 August 10 (last accessed), 天畠大輔 [Daisuke Tenbata], quotee, “第211回国会　参議院　厚生労働委員会　第19号　令和5年6月8日 [211th Diet, House of Councillors, Committee on Health, Labor and Welfare, No. 19, June 8, 2023]”, in 国会会議録検索システム [Diet Proceedings Search System]‎^[1], 国立国会図書館 [National Diet Library]:
  今後、ゲノム医療を望む誰もがその利益をひとしく享受できる環境整備は重要です。
  Kongo, genomu iryō o nozomu dare mo ga sono rieki o hitoshiku kyōju dekiru kankyō seibi wa jūyō desu.
  In the future, it will be important to create an environment in which anyone who wants genomic medicine can equally enjoy its benefits.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "享受する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	享受し	きょうじゅし	kyōju shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	享受し	きょうじゅし	kyōju shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	享受する	きょうじゅする	kyōju suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	享受する	きょうじゅする	kyōju suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	享受すれ	きょうじゅすれ	kyōju sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	享受せよ¹ 享受しろ²	きょうじゅせよ¹ きょうじゅしろ²	kyōju seyo¹ kyōju shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	享受される	きょうじゅされる	kyōju sareru
Causative	享受させる享受さす	きょうじゅさせるきょうじゅさす	kyōju saseru kyōju sasu
Potential	享受できる	きょうじゅできる	kyōju dekiru
Volitional	享受しよう	きょうじゅしよう	kyōju shiyō
Negative	享受しない	きょうじゅしない	kyōju shinai
Negative continuative	享受せず	きょうじゅせず	kyōju sezu
Formal	享受します	きょうじゅします	kyōju shimasu
Perfective	享受した	きょうじゅした	kyōju shita
Conjunctive	享受して	きょうじゅして	kyōju shite
Hypothetical conditional	享受すれば	きょうじゅすれば	kyōju sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

References

“享受”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025