开心 kāixīn▶ มีความสุข

Stroke order

开心 is written in 8 strokes across 2 characters.

• 开 — 4 strokes
• 心 — 4 strokes

Senses

1. to feel happy
2. to rejoice
3. to have a great time
4. to make fun of sb

Example sentences

• 孩子们玩得很开心。Háizimen wán de hěn kāixīn.The children played happily.
• 今天是我的生日，我很开心。Jīntiān shì wǒ de shēngrì, wǒ hěn kāixīn.Today is my birthday and I am very happy.

Related words

• 伤心เศร้า
• 信心ความมั่นใจ
• 心情อารมณ์
• 粗心ประมาท, ไม่ระมัดระวัง
• 耐心ความอดทน
• 开玩笑ล้อเลียน, เยาะเย้ย

开心 is pronounced kāixīn and means “มีความสุข”. HSK 4 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 开心 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.