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(gāo xìng) - happy, glad, pleased in Mandarin

gāoxìng

Traditional: 高興

Line drawing of 高兴
Coloured illustration of 高兴
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Translation

happy, glad, pleased

Word origin

A compound of 高 (gao) 'high', a pictograph of a tower, and 兴 (xing) 'mood, interest; to flourish'. Literally 'high spirits', hence 'happy, glad'.

Origin
compound
Root
高 (gao, 'high', pictograph) + 兴 (xing, 'mood, interest')

Stroke order

Stroke order for 高

Stroke order for 兴

Examples

I am very happy to see you.

Happy to hear this news.

Are you happy?

The child was delighted to receive the gift.

She was so happy she jumped up.

高兴 (gāo xìng) means happy, glad, pleased. It is used as a adjective in everyday Mandarin speech.

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This word is part of lesson 6.