高兴 高興 gāo xìng happy / glad / willing (to do sth) / in a cheerful mood syn 开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy / to rejoice / to have a great time / to make fun of sb syn 快乐 快樂 kuài lè happy / joyful syn 生日 shēng rì birthday / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 愉快 yú kuài cheerful / cheerily / delightful / pleasant / pleasantly / pleasing / happy / delighted syn 幸福 xìng fú happiness / happy / blessed syn 圣诞 聖誕 shèng dàn Christmas / birthday of reigning Emperor / Confucius' birthday 乐意 樂意 lè yì to be willing to do sth / to be ready to do sth / to be happy to do sth / content / satisfied syn 欢乐 歡樂 huān lè gaiety / gladness / glee / merriment / pleasure / happy / joyous / gay syn 甜蜜 tián mì sweet / happy syn 甜美 tián měi sweet / pleasant / happy syn 快活 kuài huo happy / cheerful syn 喜悦 喜悅 xǐ yuè happy / joyous syn 美满 美滿 měi mǎn happy / blissful syn 欢喜 歡喜 huān xǐ happy / joyous / delighted / to like / to be fond of syn 沉闷 沉悶 chén mèn oppressive (of weather) / heavy / depressed / not happy / (of sound) dull / muffled syn 满月 滿月 mǎn yuè full moon / whole month / baby's one-month old birthday syn 心甘情愿 心甘情願 xīn gān qíng yuàn delighted to (do sth, idiom) / perfectly happy to do / most willing to do syn 寿星 壽星 shòu xīng god of longevity / elderly person whose birthday is being celebrated syn 欣喜 xīn xǐ happy syn 顺心 順心 shùn xīn happy / satisfactory syn 欢愉 歡愉 huān yú happy / joyous / delighted syn 乐土 樂土 lè tǔ happy place / paradise / haven syn 可喜 kě xǐ making one happy / gratifying / heartening syn 兴高采烈 興高采烈 xìng gāo cǎi liè happy and excited (idiom) / in high spirits / in great delight syn 庆生 慶生 qìng shēng to celebrate a birthday 舒畅 舒暢 shū chàng happy / entirely free from worry syn 奇遇 qí yù happy encounter / fortuitous meeting / adventure 喜事 xǐ shì happy occasion / wedding syn 千秋 qiān qiū a thousand years / your birthday (honorific) 舒心 shū xīn comfortable / happy syn 宽心 寬心 kuān xīn relieved / comforted / to relieve anxieties / at ease / relaxed / reassuring / happy syn 享福 xiǎng fú to live comfortably / happy and prosperous life syn 周岁 週歲 zhōu suì one full year (e.g. on child's first birthday) 口福 kǒu fú happy knack for chancing upon fine food 福分 fú fen one's happy lot / good fortune syn 和乐 和樂 hé lè harmonious and happy syn 安于现状 安於現狀 ān yú xiàn zhuàng to take things as they are (idiom) / to leave a situation as it is / to be happy with the status quo syn 怡然自得 yí rán zì dé happy and content (idiom) syn 教师节 教師節 jiào shī jié Teachers' Day (September 10th in PRC and Confucius's birthday, September 28th in Taiwan) 乐天 樂天 lè tiān carefree / happy-go-lucky / optimistic syn 生辰 shēng chén birthday syn 融融 róng róng in harmony / happy / warm relations syn 祝寿 祝壽 zhù shòu to offer birthday congratulations (to an elderly person) syn 可歌可泣 kě gē kě qì lit. you can sing or you can cry (idiom) / fig. deeply moving / happy and sad / inspiring and tragic syn 拜年 bài nián to pay a New Year call / to wish sb a Happy New Year syn 诞辰 誕辰 dàn chén birthday syn 福地 fú dì happy land / paradise syn 康乐 康樂 kāng lè peace and happiness (old) / healthy and happy / recreation syn 美滋滋 měi zī zī very happy / elated syn 欢娱 歡娛 huān yú to amuse / to divert / happy / joyful / pleasure / amusement syn 喜滋滋 xǐ zī zī pleased / happy syn 欢悦 歡悅 huān yuè happiness / joy / to be happy / to be joyous syn 忆苦思甜 憶苦思甜 yì kǔ sī tián to view one's past as miserable and one's present as happy (idiom) syn 好事 hǎo shì good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed") / charity / happy occasion / Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead syn 嘻嘻 xī xī hee hee / happy 过生日 過生日 guò shēng rì to celebrate a birthday syn 一丝不挂 一絲不掛 yī sī bù guà not wearing one thread (idiom) / absolutely naked / without a stitch of clothing / in one's birthday suit syn 生日蛋糕 shēng rì dàn gāo birthday cake 喜色 xǐ sè happy expression / cheerful look syn 华诞 華誕 huá dàn (formal) birthday / anniversary of the founding of an organization syn 怡然 yí rán happy / joyful syn 欢畅 歡暢 huān chàng happy / cheerful / jubilant syn 喜糖 xǐ táng sweet given on a happy occasion (esp. wedding) 强颜欢笑 強顏歡笑 qiǎng yán huān xiào to pretend to look happy / to force oneself to smile syn 欢乐时光 歡樂時光 huān lè shí guāng happy time / happy hour (in bars etc) 好吃懒做 好吃懶做 hào chī lǎn zuò happy to partake but not prepared to do any work (idiom) / all take and no give syn 寿辰 壽辰 shòu chén birthday (of an old person) syn 百年好合 bǎi nián hǎo hé may you live a long and happy life together (wedding greeting) 快乐大本营 快樂大本營 kuài lè dà běn yíng Happy Camp (PRC TV series) 拜寿 拜壽 bài shòu congratulate an elderly person on his birthday / offer birthday felicitations syn 乐滋滋 樂滋滋 lè zī zī (coll.) contented / happy syn 新禧 xīn xǐ Happy New Year! 可巧 kě qiǎo by happy coincidence syn 寿桃 壽桃 shòu táo (myth.) peaches of immortality, kept by Xi Wangmu / fresh or confectionery peaches offered as a birthday gift 跑马地 跑馬地 pǎo mǎ dì Happy Valley (suburb of Hong Kong) 虚岁 虛歲 xū suì one's age, according to the traditional Chinese method of reckoning (i.e. the number of Chinese calendar years in which one has lived) – In this system, a person's age at birth is one, and increases by one at the beginning of the first solar term 立春[Li4 chun1] each year, rather than on one's birthday. / contrasted with 實歲|实岁[shi2 sui4] 祝 zhù to pray for / to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc) / person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies syn 乐 樂 lè happy / cheerful / to laugh syn 喜 xǐ to be fond of / to like / to enjoy / to be happy / to feel pleased / happiness / delight / glad syn 寿 壽 shòu long life / old age / age / life / birthday / funerary syn 欣 xīn happy syn 诞 誕 dàn birth / birthday / brag / boast / to increase 生日卡 shēng rì kǎ birthday card 快快乐乐 快快樂樂 kuài kuài lè lè happy syn 乐天派 樂天派 lè tiān pài happy-go-lucky people / optimists 做生日 zuò shēng rì to celebrate a birthday syn 寿礼 壽禮 shòu lǐ birthday present (for an old person) 做寿 做壽 zuò shòu to celebrate a birthday (of an elderly person) syn 抓周 zhuā zhōu custom of placing a variety of articles (writing brush, abacus etc) before an infant on its first birthday to see which one he or she picks up (The article chosen is supposed to be an indication of the child's inclinations, future career etc.) 寿面 壽麵 shòu miàn birthday noodles (for longevity) 豫 yù happy / carefree / at one's ease / variant of 預|预[yu4] / old variant of 與|与[yu4] 忻 xīn happy 哿 gě excellent / happy / well-being 䜣 訢 xīn pleased / delighted / happy / variant of 欣 邴 bǐng ancient city name / happy 忭 biàn (literary) happy / delighted 双喜临门 雙喜臨門 shuāng xǐ lín mén two simultaneous happy events in the family syn 寿堂 壽堂 shòu táng mourning hall / a hall for a birthday celebration 