HSK 4 · Emotions

幸福 xìngfú “happiness” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 幸福 means

  1. happiness
  2. happy
  3. blessed

How to say 幸福

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale幸xìng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale福fú2nd tone, rising

幸福 in a sentence

  1. 他们在一起很幸福。

    Tāmen zài yìqǐ hěn xìngfú.

    They’re very happy together.

    Sentence #10783968 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他虽然穷，却很幸福。

    Tā suīrán qióng, què hěn xìngfú.

    Even though he’s poor, he’s happy.

    Sentence #793996 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 幸福是买不到的。

    Xìngfú shì mǎi búdào de.

    Happiness can’t be bought.

    Sentence #1785979 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 幸福 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 幸 (xìng) with each of its parts in a different colour
幸xìngtrusted
  • 土earth · tǔ
  • 丷eight form of 八 · bā
  • 干dry · gān
The character 福 (fú) with each of its parts in a different colour
福fúgood fortune
  • 礻sign form of 示 · shìMeaning part
  • 畐to fillSound part

礻 hints at the meaning (sign); 畐 () hints at the sound. Compare it with fú.

How to write 幸福

幸 8 strokes · 福 13 strokes

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

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

Words related to 幸福

Words with 幸

幸运xìngyùn · fortunate幸亏xìngkuī · fortunately侥幸jiǎoxìng · lucky荣幸róngxìng · honoured

Words with 福

祝福zhùfú · blessing福利fúlì · welfare福气fúqi · good fortune

More words: Emotions & Feelings

吃惊chījīng · to be startled得意déyì · proud of oneself烦恼fánnǎo · to be worried无聊wúliáo · bored羡慕xiànmù · to envy心情xīnqíng · mood辛苦xīnkǔ · exhausting愉快yúkuài · cheerful

FAQs

幸福 (xìngfú) means “happiness” or “happy”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it xìngfú: xìng with a 4th tone, then fú with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 幸福 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xingfu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 幸福 from the suggestions. Typing xingfu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
幸福 is an HSK 4 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.