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喜出望外 (xǐ chū wàng wài): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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喜出望外

喜出望外 (xǐ chū wàng wài): Extremely pleased / overjoyed — Meaning & Stroke Order

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2.

Character Breakdown

喜出望外 consists of 4 characters.

joy, happiness, delight

to look into the distance

Word Info

Pinyinxǐ chū wàng wài

Meaningextremely pleased / overjoyed

Characters4

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 7-9

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Word喜出望外

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3.

How to Use 喜出望外 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 喜出望外 with other words naturally.

Adjective + Nounwith结果

xǐ喜

chū出

wàng望

wài外

de的

jié结

guǒ果

neutral

an overjoying result

Verb + Object

gǎn感

dào到

xǐ喜

chū出

wàng望

wài外

Adverb + Verbwith真是

zhēn真

shì是

xǐ喜

chū出

wàng望

wài外

4.

Example Sentences with 喜出望外

wǒ我

shōu收

dào到

lǐ礼

wù物

，

xǐ喜

chū

neutral

feel overjoyed

lìng令

rén人

xǐ喜

chū出

wàng望

wài外

formalWritten

make one overjoyed

informal

Spoken

truly overjoyed

出

wàng望

wài外

。

I was overjoyed to receive a gift.

zài在

rú如

cǐ此

jī激

liè烈

de的

jìng竞

zhēng争

zhōng中

tuō脱

yǐng颖

ér而

chū出

，

tā他

jiǎn简

zhí直

xǐ喜

chū出

wàng望

wài外

。

Emerging victorious in such fierce competition, he was absolutely overjoyed.

nǐ你

nán难

dào道

méi没

yǒu有

yīn因

wèi为

zhè这

fèn份

yì意

wài外

de的

lǐ礼

wù物

ér而

xǐ喜

chū出

wàng望

wài外

ma吗

？

Weren't you overjoyed by this unexpected gift?

tā他

kǎo考

shì试

dé得

le了

mǎn满

fēn分

，

xǐ喜

chū出

wàng望

wài外

dì地

tiào跳

le了

qǐ起

lái来

。

He got a perfect score on the exam and jumped for joy.

miàn面

duì对

zhè这

ge个

zāo糟

gāo糕

de的

jié结

guǒ果

，

tā他

sī丝

háo毫

méi没

yǒu有

xǐ喜

chū出

wàng望

wài外

de的

gǎn感

jué觉

。

Faced with this terrible outcome, he felt no joy whatsoever.

suī虽

rán然

guò过

chéng程

qū曲

zhé折

，

dàn但

zuì最

zhōng终

yuán圆

mǎn满

jiě解

jué决

，

dà大

jiā家

dōu都

xǐ喜

chū出

wàng望

wài外

。

Although the process was complicated, it was finally resolved perfectly, and everyone was overjoyed.

tīng听

dào到

zhè这

ge个

hǎo好

xiāo消

xī息

，

quán全

jiā家

rén人

dōu都

xǐ喜

chū出

wàng望

wài外

，

lì立

kè刻

jué决

dìng定

qìng庆

zhù祝

yī一

fān番

。

Upon hearing the good news, the whole family was overjoyed and immediately decided to celebrate.

tīng听

shuō说

nǐ你

shēng升

zhí职

le了

，

wǒ我

zhēn真

shì是

xǐ喜

chū出

wàng望

wài外

，

jīn今

wǎn晚

bì必

xū须

qìng庆

zhù祝

yí一

xià下

！

Hearing about your promotion, I'm absolutely thrilled; we must celebrate tonight!

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 喜出望外.

Words with 喜

喜欢xǐ huanHSK 1
喜爱xǐ àiHSK 3
恭喜gōng xǐHSK 5
惊喜jīng xǐHSK 5
喜事xǐ shìHSK 6
喜剧xǐ jùHSK 6
喜悦xǐ yuèHSK 6
喜闻乐见xǐ wén lè jiànHSK 6

Words with 出

出租车chū zū chēHSK 1
出去chū quHSK 2
出国chū guóHSK 2
出来chū laiHSK 2
出门chū ménHSK 2
出院chū yuànHSK 3
出发chū fāHSK 4
出差

Words with 望

希望xī wàngHSK 2
失望shī wàngHSK 4
愿望yuàn wàngHSK 5
盼望pàn wàngHSK 5
看望kàn wàngHSK 5
威望wēi wàngHSK 6
展望zhǎn wàngHSK 6
指望

Words with 外

外边wài bianHSK 1
外国wài guóHSK 2
外面wài miànHSK 2
以外yǐ wàiHSK 3
外卖wài màiHSK 3
外地wài dìHSK 3
外语wài yǔHSK 3
另外

chū chāi

HSK 4

zhǐ wàng

HSK 6

lìng wài

HSK 4