Happy in Chinese (Mandarin): 开心 (kāixīn)
开心
kāixīn
happy
- Simplified
- 开心
- Traditional
- 開心
- Pinyin
- kāixīn
- Typed as
- kaixin
Use it in a sentence
我今天很开心。
我今天很開心。
I am very happy today.
The characters in 开心
开 / 開
To open.
4 strokes
心
Heart.
4 strokes
开心 is an "open heart". Both are first tone, high and flat: kāi-xīn.
More examples with 开心
我们玩得很开心。
我們玩得很開心。
Wǒmen wán de hěn kāixīn.
We had a lot of fun.
祝你开心！
祝你開心！
Zhù nǐ kāixīn!
Wishing you a happy day!
How to write 开心 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
开 4 strokes
心 4 strokes
In Traditional characters:
開 12 strokes
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