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开心

kāi xīn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 開心

开心 (kāi xīn) means "happy". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 开心 means

1. to feel happy
2. to rejoice
3. to have a great time
4. to make fun of sb

The characters in 开心

• 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start…
• 心xīnheart; mind; intention

Example sentences

• 你开心吗？
  Are you happy?
• 玩得开心。
  Have fun.
• 随你开心。
  Suit yourself.
• 玩得开心点！
  Have fun!
• 这让我开心。
  This makes me happy.
• 汤姆好开心。
  Tom is really happy.

Words starting with 开心

• 开心果kāi xīn guǒpistachio nuts; fig. amusing person
• 开心颜kāi xīn yánto rejoice; smiling

Words containing 开心

• 寻开心xún kāi xīnto make fun of; to seek diversion

Where 开心 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Vitality, Participation & Social Energy (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read kāi xīn correctly.
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