How to Say ‘Happy; glad’ in Traditional Chinese
開心
kāi xīn
[kai-shin]
💬 Usage Tip: Adjectives like 開心 can be the whole predicate by themselves in Chinese — you don't add 是. You can swap in another feeling word the same way: 我很累 or 我很緊張.
Phrase Breakdown
開心
kāi xīn
[kai-shin]
happy; glad
開心 means happy, pleased, or glad about something.
收到回信我很開心。
I was very happy to receive a reply.
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