不亦樂乎

Chinese

		is it not also	music; happy; laugh music; happy; laugh; cheerful	(interrog. part.)
trad. (不亦樂乎)		不亦	樂	乎
simp. (不亦乐乎)		不亦	乐	乎
Literally: “is it not a joy?”.

Etymology

From The Analects:

有朋自遠方來，不亦樂乎？ [Classical Chinese, trad.][▼ expand/hide]

有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Analects of Confucius, circa 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Yǒu péng zì yuǎnfāng lái, bù yì lè hū? [Pinyin]

Is it not delightful to have friends coming from distant quarters?

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bùyìlèhū

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ ㄌㄜˋ ㄏㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bat¹ jik⁶ lok⁶ fu⁴
Min Nan (POJ): put-e̍k-lo̍k-hò͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bùyìlèhū [Phonetic: búyìlèhū]
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ ㄌㄜˋ ㄏㄨ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: buyihlehhu
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bùyìlèhu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ lɤ⁵¹ xu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bat¹ jik⁶ lok⁶ fu⁴
  - Yale: bāt yihk lohk fùh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bat⁷ jik⁹ lok⁹ fu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: bed¹ yig⁶ log⁶ fu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐt̚⁵ jɪk̚² lɔːk̚² fuː²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-e̍k-lo̍k-hò͘
  - Tâi-lô: put-i̍k-lo̍k-hòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: put'egloghox
  - IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ iɪk̚⁴⁻³² lɔk̚⁴⁻³² hɔ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ iɪk̚²⁴⁻²² lɔk̚²⁴⁻²² hɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ iɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ lɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ hɔ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /put̚³²⁻⁴ iɪk̚⁴⁻³² lɔk̚⁴⁻³² hɔ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /put̚³²⁻⁴ iɪk̚⁴⁻³² lɔk̚⁴⁻³² hɔ²¹/

Idiom

不亦樂乎

(original meaning) Isn't it a pleasure (to ...)?
(modifies an adjective or verb) to a great extent; extremely; very; awfully

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