HSK 5 · Verbs

恭喜 gōngxǐ “congratulations” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 恭喜 means

  1. congratulations
  2. to congratulate
  3. (interj.) congratulations!

How to say 恭喜

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale恭gōng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale喜xǐ3rd tone, dipping

恭喜 in a sentence

  1. 恭喜你！

    Gōngxǐ nǐ!

    Congratulations!

    Sentence #9992054 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 恭喜成为本店第一千位顾客！

    Gōngxǐ chéngwéi běn diàn dìyī qiān wèi gùkè!

    Congratulations on being our thousandth customer!

    Sentence #13996452 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 恭喜 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 恭 (gōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
恭gōngrespectful
  • 共all · gòngSound part
  • ⺗heart form of 心 · xīnMeaning part

⺗ hints at the meaning (heart); 共 (gòng) hints at the sound. Compare it with gōng.

The character 喜 (xǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
喜xǐto be fond of
  • 壴drum · zhù
  • 口mouth · kǒu

Memory aidA drum 壴 and a mouth 口 singing: joy.

How to write 恭喜

恭 10 strokes · 喜 12 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 恭喜

Words with 恭

恭敬gōngjìng · respectful

Words with 喜

喜欢xǐhuan · to like喜爱xǐ'ài · to like喜悦xǐyuè · joy喜闻乐见xǐwénlèjiàn · popular

More words: Thinking & Talking

感受gǎnshòu · to feel感想gǎnxiǎng · impressions告别gàobié · to say goodbye公布gōngbù · to announce沟通gōutōng · to communicate观察guānchá · to observe观点guāndiǎn · point of view观念guānniàn · notion

FAQs

恭喜 (gōngxǐ) means “congratulations” or “to congratulate”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it gōngxǐ: gōng with a 1st tone, then xǐ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 恭喜 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gongxi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 恭喜 from the suggestions. Typing gongxi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
恭喜 is an HSK 5 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.