喜都都

xǐdūdū

adjective

Meanings

1 brimming with delight
2 full of joyful cheer
3 all smiles and bubbling

Characters

onomatopoeic suffix

Examples

HSK 4

听说儿子要回家，老人喜都都地准备了一桌菜。

Tīngshuō érzi yào huíjiā, lǎorén xǐdūdū de zhǔnbèi le yī zhuō cài.

Hearing her son was coming home, the old woman cheerfully laid out a whole table of food.

HSK 5

发了奖金，他一路喜都都的走回宿舍。

Fā le jiǎngjīn, tā yīlù xǐdūdū de zǒu huí sùshè.

After getting his bonus, he walked back to the dorm all smiles the whole way.

Tips

usage

都都 is a reduplicative sound-element that suggests something bubbling up. Softer and more colloquial than 喜洋洋. Often in dialect-flavored or folksy writing.

Stroke Order

喜 xǐ

都 dōu