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高兴 Traditional: 高興
Pinyin gāoxìng IPA [kɑʊ˥ ɕiŋ˥˩] Zhuyin ㄍㄠ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
HSK 1 adjective 形容词 Book 1 · Lesson 15 freq #920

Meaning

Happy, glad, pleased — a passing good mood, especially about something: 很高兴认识你 means "pleased to meet you".

Examples

我不高兴。 wǒ bù gāo xìng I am not happy.
我太高兴了。 wǒ tài gāo xìng le I'm so happy.
没有人高兴。 méi yǒu rén gāo xìng Nobody's happy.

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