愉快

Chinese

	pleased	fast; quick; swift
trad. (愉快)	愉	快
simp. ^#(愉快)	愉	快
2nd round simp.	𢖳快

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yúkuài, yùkuài

(Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄎㄨㄞˋ, ㄩˋ ㄎㄨㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ faai³ / jyu⁶ faai³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yì-khoai
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lû-khoài / jî-khoài / jû-khoài / û-khoài / î-khoài

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yúkuài
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄎㄨㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yúkuài
  - Wade–Giles: yü²-kʻuai⁴
  - Yale: yú-kwài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yukuay
  - Palladius: юйкуай (jujkuaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    愉快
    魚塊 / 鱼块
    魚膾 / 鱼脍
- (Standard Chinese, nonstandard or dialectal)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yùkuài
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄎㄨㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yùkuài
  - Wade–Giles: yü⁴-kʻuai⁴
  - Yale: yù-kwài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhkuay
  - Palladius: юйкуай (jujkuaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jyu⁴ faai³ / jyu⁶ faai³
  - Yale: yùh faai / yuh faai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ faai³ / jy⁶ faai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ fai³ / yu⁶ fai³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ faːi̯³³/, /jyː²² faːi̯³³/
  - Homophones:
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    愉快
    魚塊 / 鱼块
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì-khoai
  - Hakka Romanization System: i^ˇ kuai
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yi² kuai⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /i¹¹ kʰu̯ai̯⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì-khoai
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)i^ˇ kuai
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yi² kuai⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i¹¹ kʰu̯ai̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lû-khoài
  - Tâi-lô: lû-khuài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lu'qoaix
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /lu²⁴⁻¹¹ kʰuai¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /lu²⁴⁻²² kʰuai⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /lu²⁴⁻²² kʰuai²¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jî-khoài
  - Tâi-lô: jî-khuài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ji'qoaix
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zi¹³⁻²² kʰuai²¹/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jû-khoài
  - Tâi-lô: jû-khuài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ju'qoaix
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /zu²³⁻³³ kʰuai²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: û-khoài
  - Tâi-lô: û-khuài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: u'qoaix
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /u²⁴⁻²² kʰuai²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /u²⁴⁻²² kʰuai⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î-khoài
  - Tâi-lô: î-khuài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: i'qoaix
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /i¹³⁻²² kʰuai²¹/

Adjective

愉快

happy; pleasant; enjoyable
新年愉快！ ― Xīnnián yúkuài! ― Happy New Year!

交談很愉快。／交谈很愉快。 ― Jiāotán hěn yúkuài. ― It was a pleasant conversation.

Synonyms

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和樂 / 和乐 (hélè) (happy and harmonious)
喜悅 / 喜悦 (xǐyuè) (formal)
喜樂 / 喜乐 (xǐlè)
喜歡 / 喜欢
喜滋滋 (xǐzīzī)
喜躍 / 喜跃 (xǐyuè) (formal)
夷悅 / 夷悦 (yíyuè) (literary)
夷愉 (yíyú) (literary, happy and harmonious)
安樂 / 安乐 (ānlè) (peaceful and happy)
康樂 / 康乐 (kānglè) (literary, peaceful and happy)
忻悅 / 忻悦 (xīnyuè) (literary)
快意 (kuàiyì)
快樂 / 快乐 (kuàilè)
快活 (kuàihuo)
怡悅 / 怡悦 (yíyuè) (literary)
悅意 / 悦意 (yuèyì)
悅懌 / 悦怿 (yuèyì) (literary)
愉悅 / 愉悦 (yúyuè)
暢快 / 畅快 (chàngkuài)
樂和 / 乐和 (lèhe) (colloquial)
樂滋滋 / 乐滋滋 (lèzīzī)
欣喜 (xīnxǐ)
欣忭 (xīnbiàn) (literary)
欣悅 / 欣悦 (xīnyuè)
歡喜 / 欢喜 (huānxǐ)
歡娛 / 欢娱 (huānyú) (literary)
歡快 / 欢快 (huānkuài)
歡悅 / 欢悦 (huānyuè) (literary)
歡愉 / 欢愉 (huānyú) (literary)
歡暢 / 欢畅 (huānchàng)
歡樂 / 欢乐 (huānlè)
歡躍 / 欢跃 (huānyuè) (formal)
爽 (shuǎng)
爽神 (shuǎngshén) (literary or Southern Min)
痛快 (tòngkuài)
肺花開 / 肺花开 (Puxian Min)
舒暢 / 舒畅 (shūchàng)
開心 / 开心 (kāixīn)
高興 / 高兴 (gāoxìng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
愉	快
ゆ Grade: S	かい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ゆかい [yúꜜkàì] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ka̠i]

Adjective

愉(ゆ)快(かい) • (yukai) -na (adnominal 愉(ゆ)快(かい)な (yukai na), adverbial 愉(ゆ)快(かい)に (yukai ni))

pleasant, enjoyable
○○と愉快(ゆかい)な仲間(なかま)たち
○○ to Yukai na Nakama-tachi
X and their Fun Friends (snowclone)

Inflection

Inflection of 愉快
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	愉快だろ	ゆかいだろ	yukai daro
Continuative (連用形)	愉快で	ゆかいで	yukai de
Terminal (終止形)	愉快だ	ゆかいだ	yukai da
Attributive (連体形)	愉快な	ゆかいな	yukai na
Hypothetical (仮定形)	愉快なら	ゆかいなら	yukai nara
Imperative (命令形)	愉快であれ	ゆかいであれ	yukai de are
Key constructions
Informal negative	愉快ではない愉快じゃない	ゆかいではないゆかいじゃない	yukai de wa nai yukai ja nai
Informal past	愉快だった	ゆかいだった	yukai datta
Informal negative past	愉快ではなかった愉快じゃなかった	ゆかいではなかったゆかいじゃなかった	yukai de wa nakatta yukai ja nakatta
Formal	愉快です	ゆかいです	yukai desu
Formal negative	愉快ではありません愉快じゃありません	ゆかいではありませんゆかいじゃありません	yukai de wa arimasen yukai ja arimasen
Formal past	愉快でした	ゆかいでした	yukai deshita
Formal negative past	愉快ではありませんでした愉快じゃありませんでした	ゆかいではありませんでしたゆかいじゃありませんでした	yukai de wa arimasen deshita yukai ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive	愉快で	ゆかいで	yukai de
Conditional	愉快なら（ば）	ゆかいなら（ば）	yukai nara (ba)
Provisional	愉快だったら	ゆかいだったら	yukai dattara
Volitional	愉快だろう	ゆかいだろう	yukai darō
Adverbial	愉快に	ゆかいに	yukai ni
Degree	愉快さ	ゆかいさ	yukaisa

Synonyms

楽(たの)しい (tanoshii), 心地良(ここちよ)い (kokochiyoi), 快(こころよ)い (kokoroyoi)

Noun

愉(ゆ)快(かい) • (yukai)

pleasure, comfort

Derived terms

愉快犯(ゆかいはん) (yukaihan)

References

“愉快”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN