Use “happy” for 开心 as a State token. It accepts the degree modifier very.
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happy
开心
Feeling pleasure or emotional well-being.
Standard Mapping
- Chinese
- 开心
- Pinyin
- kāi xīn
- Meaning
- 感到愉快
- Note
- Degree modification is permitted.
Meaning and Usage
Mapping Boundary
Correct Mapping
Today he very happy → 今天他非常开心。
Incorrect Mapping or Split
Today he happy very → 今天他非常开心。
Reason
The degree modifier precedes the state in Chinese semantic order.