喜都都

xǐdūdū

adjective

Meanings

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

Characters

(onomatopoeic suffix here)

(onomatopoeic suffix here)

Examples

听说儿子要回家，老人喜都都地准备了一桌菜。

Tīngshuō érzi yào huí jiā, 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.

发了奖金，他一路喜都都的走回宿舍。

Fā le jiǎngjīn, tā yī lù xǐdūdū de zǒu huí sùshè.

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

Tips

usage

都都 (dūdū) 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