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高兴

gāo xìng

Old HSK 1 HSK 3.0 level 1 2-character word Traditional 高興

高兴 (gāo xìng) means "happy". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was HSK 1 in the old six-level list.

What 高兴 means

1. happy
2. glad
3. willing (to do sth)
4. in a cheerful mood

The characters in 高兴

• 高gāohigh; tall; above average
• 兴xìngfeeling or desire to do sth; interest in sth; excitement

Example sentences

• 她很高兴
  She is very happy.
• 很高兴回来
  Hěn gāoxìng huílai
  It's nice to be back.
• 他很高兴。
  He is happy.
• 我好高兴。
  I'm very happy.
• 我很高兴。
  I am happy.
• 汤姆高兴。
  Tom is happy.

Where 高兴 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Feelings and Adjectives (HSK 1), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 1 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read gāo xìng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.