Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

flourish; it is the fashion to; to become popular; interest

Chinese: 兴起、流行;读 xìng 时指兴趣。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “xing” becomes a different word in each tone. 兴 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 高兴gāo xìnghappy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood
  • 兴趣xìng qùinterest (desire to know about sth); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby
  • 感兴趣gǎn xìng qùto be interested
  • 兴奋xīng fènexcited; excitement; (physiology) excitation
  • 兴起xīng qǐto rise; to spring up; to burgeon; to be aroused

Example Sentence

听到这个好消息,大家都很高兴。Tīng dào zhè ge hǎo xiāo xi, dà jiā dōu hěn gāo xìng.Everyone was happy to hear this good news.

听到Tīng dàoto hear这个zhè ge(pronoun) thishǎogood消息xiāo xi(piece of) news大家dà jiāeveryonedōuallhěnvery高兴gāo xìnghappy