How to say it in Chinese

Glad in Chinese

glad · HSK 1

高兴 gāo xìng

  1. 高 gāo high
  2. 兴 xīng to rise

见到你很高兴。 Nice to meet you.

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Other ways to say glad

More words with 高 or 兴

How do you say glad in Chinese?

Glad in Chinese is 高兴 (gāo xìng). You can also say 开心 (kāi xīn).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.