高兴
gāo xìng
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Traditional: 高興
Glad, happy, pleased — the good feeling of the moment. As a predicate it normally takes 很: 我很高兴 'I am happy'. 认识你很高兴 is 'pleased to meet you'. 不高兴 is 'unhappy, annoyed'. Lasting happiness in life is a different word, 幸福.
Vui, vui mừng: niềm vui trong một lúc nào đó. Làm vị ngữ thường có 很: 我很高兴 (tôi rất vui). 认识你很高兴 là “rất vui được làm quen với bạn”. 不高兴 là không vui, bực mình. Còn hạnh phúc lâu dài trong cuộc sống là một từ khác: 幸福.
AdjectiveRegister: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 063 (2026-11-14). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ ; en.wiktionary Vietnamese entries via kaikki.org extract, snapshot 2026-07-31 (CC BY-SA 4.0): Hán-Việt reading 兴/興 = hứng · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “cao hứng” (cao-hung). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Equivalents & related
Common questions
What does “高兴” mean?
Glad, happy, pleased — the good feeling of the moment. As a predicate it normally takes 很: 我很高兴 'I am happy'. 认识你很高兴 is 'pleased to meet you'. 不高兴 is 'unhappy, annoyed'. Lasting happiness in life is a different word, 幸福. Literally: high spirits
Is “高兴” formal or informal?
高兴 is generally neutral.