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高兴高興 gāoxìng — happy, glad, pleased

gāoxìng (first tone, high and level)gao1xing4

Traditional: 高興

happy, glad, pleased

HSK 1· HSK 1–4 (classic)adjective
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Meanings

  1. happy, glad, pleased

    Pleased about something in particular, rather than happy as a settled disposition. As an adjective it takes 很 or 太 and never 是.

    adjective

  2. to be glad to (do something)

    adjective

Character breakdown

  • 高
    gāo (first tone, high and level)

    tall, high; (of a level, price or standard) high; Gao, a surname

    10 strokesRadical 高

Example sentences

  • 认识你很高兴。認識你很高興。Rènshi (fourth tone, falling) nǐ (third tone, dipping) hěn (third tone, dipping) gāoxìng. (first tone, high and level)···

    Nice to meet you.

  • 妈妈今天很高兴。媽媽今天很高興。Māma (first tone, high and level) jīntiān (first tone, high and level) hěn (third tone, dipping) gāoxìng. (first tone, high and level)···

    Mum is in a good mood today.

Common mistakes

  • Not quite我是很高兴。

    Correct我很高兴。

    An adjective is a complete predicate in Chinese, so 是 has no place before it. 很 already supplies the link that English expresses with "am".

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