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开心 (kāi xīn): Meaning, Examples & Usage | HSK 4

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开心 (kāi xīn): Pleased (Adjective) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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开心 consists of 2 characters.

to switch on; open

heart; mind; core

How to Use 开心 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 开心 with other words naturally.

Adjective + Verbwith笑

kāi开

xīn心

de地

xiào笑

neutral

laugh happily

Adverb + Adjectivewith非常

fēi非

cháng常

kāi开

xīn心

Idiomwith果

kāi开

xīng心

uǒ果

informalSpoken

Verb + Complementwith玩

wán玩

de得

kāi开

xīn心

Example Sentences with 开心

Jīn今

tiān天

shì是

wǒ我

de的

shēng生

rì日

neutral

very happy

happy-go-lucky person

informal

Spoken

have fun

，

wǒ我

fēi非

cháng常

kāi开

xīn心

。

Today is my birthday, and I am very happy.

wǒ我

jīn今

tiān天

hěn很

kāi开

xīn心

。

I am very happy today.

kàn看

dào到

zì自

jǐ己

de的

nǔ努

lì力

yǒu有

le了

chéng成

guǒ果

，

tā他

gǎn感

dào到

fēi非

cháng常

kāi开

xīn心

。

Seeing his efforts bear fruit, he felt very happy.

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zài在

jīn今

tiān天

de的

huì会

yì议

shàng上

，

wǒ我

men们

kāi开

xīn心

dì地

xuān宣

bù布

le了

xīn新

xiàng项

mù目

dì的

qǐ启

dòng动

。

At today's meeting, we happily announced the launch of the new project.

kàn看

dào到

péng朋

yǒu友

lái来

，

wǒ我

hěn很

kāi开

nǐ你

zuì最

jìn近

kàn看

qǐ起

lái来

bú不

tài太

kāi开

suī虽

rán然

tiān天

qì气

bù不

hǎo好

，

dàn但

wǒ我

men

tīng听

dào到

zhè这

ge个

hǎo好

xiāo消

xī息

，

quán全

jiā

tā他

jì既

kāi开

xīn心

yòu又

jǐn紧

zhāng张

dì地

děng等

xīn

心

。

I am happy to see my friend coming.

xīn

心

，

shì是

yù遇

dào到

shén什

me么

kùn困

nán难

le了

ma吗

？

You don't seem very happy lately, have you encountered any difficulties?

们

bìng并

méi没

yǒu有

yīn因

cǐ此

ér而

bù不

kāi开

xīn心

。

Although the weather is bad, we are not unhappy because of it.

家

rén人

dōu都

hěn很

kāi开

xīn心

。

Hearing this good news, the whole family is very happy.

dài

待

zhe着

miàn面

shì试

de的

jié结

guǒ果

。

He waited for the interview result with both happiness and nervousness.

HSK 4 Words

More vocabulary at the same HSK level as 开心.

大使馆dà shǐ guǎnembassy
激动jī dòngto excite
保护bǎo hùprotection; to protect
寒假hán jiàwinter holiday
接受jiē shòuaccept
积极jī jíactive
放弃fàng qìto renounce
出现chū xiànemerge
材料cái liàomaterial
禁止jìn zhǐto ban; prohibit; forbid
出生chū shēngbirth; to be born
法律fǎ lǜlaw

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Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 开心.

Words with 开

开始kāi shǐHSK 2
离开lí kāiHSK 3
开玩笑kāi wán xiàoHSK 4
公开gōng kāi
分开fēn kāi
召开zhào kāi
展开zhǎn kāi

开业

kāi yè

Words with 心

关心guān xīnHSK 3
小心xiǎo xīnHSK 3
担心dān xīnHSK 3
放心fàng xīnHSK 3
伤心shāng xīnHSK 4
信心xìn xīnHSK 4
心情xīn qíngHSK 4
粗心cū xīnHSK 4