HSK 4 · Emotions

愉快 yúkuài “cheerful” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 愉快 means

  1. cheerful
  2. cheerily
  3. happy
  4. pleasant
  5. delighted

How to say 愉快

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale愉yú2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale快kuài4th tone, falling

愉快 in a sentence

  1. 周末愉快。

    Zhōumò yúkuài.

    Have a good weekend!

    Sentence #1878357 from Tatoeba

  2. 聚会上我和他谈得很愉快。

    Jùhuì shàng wǒ hé tā tán de hěn yúkuài.

    I had a really nice talk with him at the party.

    Sentence #1438463 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你寒假过得愉快吗？

    Nǐ hánjià guò de yúkuài ma?

    Did you have a good winter holiday?

    Sentence #838552 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 愉快 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 愉 (yú) with each of its parts in a different colour
愉yúpleased
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīnMeaning part
  • 俞to consent · yúSound part

忄 hints at the meaning (heart); 俞 (yú) hints at the sound. Compare it with yú.

The character 快 (kuài) with each of its parts in a different colour
快kuàirapid
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīn
  • 夬decisive · guài

Memory aidHeart 忄 with 夬 (guài) for the sound: happy, and fast.

How to write 愉快

愉 12 strokes · 快 7 strokes

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

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

Words related to 愉快

Words with 快

快kuài · fast快乐kuàilè · happy快要kuàiyào · about to凉快liángkuai · nice and cold痛快tòngkuài · delighted赶快gǎnkuài · quickly尽快jǐnkuài · as soon as possible爽快shuǎngkuài · frank快活kuàihuo · happy

More words: Emotions & Feelings

吃惊chījīng · to be startled得意déyì · proud of oneself烦恼fánnǎo · to be worried感动gǎndòng · to be moved羡慕xiànmù · to envy心情xīnqíng · mood辛苦xīnkǔ · exhausting幸福xìngfú · happiness

FAQs

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