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快快乐乐 (kuài kuài lè lè) — joyful, carefree, happy (emphatic reduplicated state)

Definition

Reduplicated AABB form of 快乐: emphasizes a steady, carefree happy state. More vivid and literary than plain 快乐.

adjective
joyfulcarefreehappy (emphatic reduplicated state)

Examples

  • 快快乐乐。
    Tā men yì jiā rén měi tiān dōu kuài kuài lè lè dì shēng huó.
    Their whole family lives happily and carefree every day.
  • ，快快乐乐。
    Guò shēng rì de shí hou, wǒ men zǒng shì kuài kuài lè lè de.
    When celebrating birthdays, we are always joyful.
  • 快快乐乐，。
    Kàn dào hái zi men kuài kuài lè lè de yàng zi, fù mǔ yě hěn kāi xīn.
    Seeing the children so happy and carefree, the parents are also very happy.

Origin

Reduplicated word
构词法gòucífǎ
重叠chóngdiéReduplication

A syllable said twice — for affection, for softness, or simply because that is how the word is said.

快快
快kuàihappy快kuàihappy
乐乐
乐lèjoyful乐lèjoyful

Repeating 快 and 乐 gives an emphatic, lively sense of being happy and carefree.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
忄Written in full as心xīn
Sound part声符shēngfú
夬
夬guài快kuài
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

快 pairs the left part 忄 (full form 心, the heart) with the right part 夬, which gives the sound.

Open 快 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
忄Written in full as心xīn
Sound part声符shēngfú
夬
夬guài快kuài
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

快 pairs the left part 忄 (full form 心, the heart) with the right part 夬, which gives the sound.

Open 快 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 樂; 乐 is its simplified writing.

In the traditional form 樂, 絲 (string) with 木 (wood) shows strings on a piece of wood, a musical instrument; the simplified 乐 is a later shorthand.

Open 乐 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 樂; 乐 is its simplified writing.

In the traditional form 樂, 絲 (string) with 木 (wood) shows strings on a piece of wood, a musical instrument; the simplified 乐 is a later shorthand.

Open 乐 →

Grammar

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