高興

See also: 高兴

Chinese

		high; tall	interest; flourish; it is the fashion to interest; flourish; it is the fashion to; to become popular
trad. (高興)		高	興
simp. (高兴)		高	兴

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): gāoxìng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄠㄒㄧㄥˋ

(Dungan, Cyrillic): гощин (goxin, I-III)
Cantonese (Jyutping): gou¹ hing³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kô-him
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): ko͘-hèng / ko-hèng / kau-hèng

(Teochew, Peng'im): gao¹ hêng³
Wu (Wiktionary): kau xin (T1)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: gāoxìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄠㄒㄧㄥˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaushinq
  - IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic: гощин (goxin, I-III)
  - IPA ^(key): /kɔː²⁴ ɕĩ⁴⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gou¹ hing³
  - Yale: gōu hing
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gou¹ hing³
  - Guangdong Romanization: gou¹ hing³
  - IPA ^(key): /kou̯⁵⁵ hɪŋ³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kô-him
  - Hakka Romanization System: go´ him
  - Hagfa Pinyim: go¹ him⁴
  - IPA: /ko²⁴⁻¹¹ him⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko͘-hèng
  - Tâi-lô: koo-hìng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ko'hexng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ³³ hiɪŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ko-hèng
  - Tâi-lô: ko-hìng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: koi'hexng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɪŋ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ko⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɪŋ¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ko⁴⁴⁻²² hiɪŋ²¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kau-hèng
  - Tâi-lô: kau-hìng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kau'hexng
  - IPA (Taipei): /kaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɪŋ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɪŋ²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gao¹ hêng³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kau hèng
  - IPA ^(key): /kau³³⁻²³ heŋ²¹³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: kau xin (T1)
  - IPA ^(key): /kɔ⁵⁵ ɕɪɲ²¹/

Adjective

高興

glad; happy; pleased
很高興認識你 / 很高兴认识你 ― hěn gāoxìng rènshi nǐ ― Pleased to meet you.

我很高興聽到那個消息。 [MSC, trad.]
我很高兴听到那个消息。 [MSC, simp.]
Wǒ hěn gāoxìng tīngdào nà ge xiāoxi. [Pinyin]
I'm happy to hear that.
willing (to do something)
你高興去哪兒就去哪兒。 [MSC, trad.]
你高兴去哪儿就去哪儿。 [MSC, simp.]
Nǐ gāoxìng qù nǎr jiù qù nǎr. [Pinyin]
You may go where you are willing to.

Synonyms

(glad):

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Synonyms of 高興

和樂／和乐 (hélè) (happy and harmonious)
喜悅／喜悦 (xǐyuè) (formal)
喜躍／喜跃 (xǐyuè) (formal)
夷悅／夷悦 (yíyuè) (literary)
夷愉 (yíyú) (literary, happy and harmonious)
快樂／快乐 (kuàilè)
快活 (kuàihuo)
忻悅／忻悦 (xīnyuè) (literary)
怡悅／怡悦 (yíyuè) (literary)
愉快 (yúkuài)
愉悅／愉悦 (yúyuè)
暢快／畅快 (chàngkuài)

欣喜 (xīnxǐ)
欣忭 (xīnbiàn) (literary)
欣悅／欣悦 (xīnyuè)
歡喜／欢喜 (huānxǐ)
歡快／欢快 (huānkuài)
歡愉／欢愉 (huānyú) (literary)
歡樂／欢乐 (huānlè)
歡躍／欢跃 (huānyuè) (formal)
爽 (shuǎng)
爽神 (shuǎngshén) (literary or Min Nan)
痛快 (tòngkuài)
開心／开心 (kāixīn)

Verb

高興

to be glad; to be happy; to pleased

Antonyms

敗興／败兴 (bàixìng)
掃興／扫兴 (sǎoxìng)
傷心／伤心 (shāngxīn)

Derived terms

不高興／不高兴 (bùgāoxìng)
你高興就好／你高兴就好 (nǐ gāoxìng jiù hǎo)

高高興興／高高兴兴 (gāogāoxìngxìng)

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