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興

xìng

thrive, prosper, flourish

Strokes
16
Radical
臼
HSK
—
Tone
4

Other readings: xīng

Simplified form: 兴

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 兴, the simplified form of 興. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 我不高兴。

    Wǒ bù gāo xìng

    I am not happy.

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  • 我很高兴。

    Wǒ hěn gāo xìng

    I am happy.

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  • 没有人高兴。

    Méi yǒu rén gāo xìng

    Nobody's happy.

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  • 他很高兴。

    Tā hěn gāo xìng

    He is happy.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 兴

  • 高兴gāo xìng 1–4 happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood
  • 兴趣xìng qù 4–4 interest (desire to know about sth); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby
  • 兴奋xīng fèn 1–4 excited; excitement; (physiology) excitation
  • 感兴趣gǎn xìng qù 3–4–4to be interested
  • 复兴fù xīng 4–1 to revive; to rejuvenate
  • 新兴xīn xīng 1–1 (of markets, industries, infectious diseases etc) rising; emerging; in the ascendant
  • 兴高采烈xìng gāo cǎi liè 4–1–3–4happy and excited (idiom); in high spirits; in great delight
  • 兴旺xīng wàng 1–4 prosperous; thriving; to prosper; to flourish
  • 振兴zhèn xīng 4–1 to revive; to revitalize; to invigorate; to re-energize
  • 兴致勃勃xìng zhì bó bó 4–4–2–2to become exhilarated (idiom); in high spirits; full of zest
  • 兴隆xīng lóng 1–2 prosperous; thriving; flourishing
  • 兴奋剂xīng fèn jì 1–4–4stimulant; doping (in athletics)