How to Say ‘Happy; glad’ in Traditional Chinese
高興
gāo xìng
[gaow-shing]
💬 Usage Tip: Adjectives like [高興] can be the whole predicate in Chinese, so you can say [大家很高興] without any [是]. The [很] here often just completes the sentence, not necessarily "very."
Phrase Breakdown
高興
gāo xìng
[gaow-shing]
happy; glad
Used to describe feeling happy or pleased, often after hearing good family news or seeing loved ones.
看到大家都來了，我很高興。
Seeing that everyone came, I am very happy.
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