HSK 6 · Emotions

兴高采烈 xìnggāocǎiliè “in high spirits” in Chinese

Traditional 興高采烈

What 兴高采烈 means

  1. in high spirits
  2. elated
  3. happy and excited (idiom)
  4. in great delight

How to say 兴高采烈

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale兴xìng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale高gāo1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale采cǎi3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale烈liè4th tone, falling

兴高采烈 in a sentence

  1. 孩子们兴高采烈地去动物园了。

    Háizimen xìnggāocǎiliè de qù dòngwùyuán le.

    The children set off for the zoo in high spirits.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他兴高采烈地告诉我他找到工作了。

    Tā xìnggāocǎiliè de gàosu wǒ tā zhǎodào gōngzuò le.

    He told me excitedly that he’d found a job.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 兴高采烈 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 兴 (xìng) with each of its parts in a different colour
兴xìngfeeling or desire to do sth
  • ⺍small form of 小 · xiǎo
  • 一one · yī
  • 八eight · bā
The character 高 (gāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
高gāohigh
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 冋desert · jiōng

Memory aidDrawn from a tall tower: high, tall.

The character 采 (cǎi) with each of its parts in a different colour
采cǎito pick
  • 爫claw form of 爪 · zhǎo
  • 木tree · mù
The character 烈 (liè) with each of its parts in a different colour
烈lièardent
  • 列a line · lièSound part
  • 灬fire form of 火 · huǒMeaning part

灬 hints at the meaning (fire); 列 (liè) hints at the sound. Compare it with liè.

How to write 兴高采烈

兴 6 strokes · 高 10 strokes · 采 8 strokes · 烈 10 strokes

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兴高采烈 (xìnggāocǎiliè) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 兴高采烈 (xìnggāocǎiliè). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 兴高采烈

Words with 兴

高兴gāoxìng · happy兴趣xìngqù · interest感兴趣gǎn xìngqù · be interested in兴奋xīngfèn · excited兴旺xīngwàng · prosperous兴隆xīnglóng · prosperous振兴zhènxīng · to revitalise复兴fùxīng · revival兴致勃勃xìngzhìbóbó · full of enthusiasm

Words with 高

高兴gāoxìng · happy高gāo · tall高中gāozhōng · senior high school提高tígāo · to raise高铁gāotiě · high-speed rail身高shēngāo · (a person’s) height高速公路gāosùgōnglù · motorway高级gāojí · high level高档gāodàng · superior quality崇高chónggāo · lofty

Words with 采

采取cǎiqǔ · to adopt or carry out (measures采访cǎifǎng · to interview采纳cǎinà · to adopt采集cǎijí · to gather采购cǎigòu · to purchase (for an organisation)开采kāicǎi · to mine无精打采wújīngdǎcǎi · listless

Words with 烈

激烈jīliè · (of competition or fighting) intense强烈qiángliè · strong热烈rèliè · enthusiastic剧烈jùliè · violent猛烈měngliè · fierce壮烈zhuàngliè · heroic

More words: Emotions & Attitudes

嫌xián · to dislike向往xiàngwǎng · to yearn for泄气xièqì · to lose heart心甘情愿xīngānqíngyuàn · willingly兴致勃勃xìngzhìbóbó · full of enthusiasm信赖xìnlài · to trust心灵xīnlíng · heart心态xīntài · mindset

FAQs

兴高采烈 (xìnggāocǎiliè) means “in high spirits” or “elated”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xìnggāocǎiliè: xìng with a 4th tone, then gāo with a 1st tone, then cǎi with a 3rd tone, then liè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 兴高采烈 is written 興高采烈. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xinggaocailie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 兴高采烈 from the suggestions. Typing xinggaocailie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
兴高采烈 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.