Discrete chaotic system, as a pseudo-random signal source, plays a very important role in realizing secure communication. However, many low-dimensional chaotic systems are prone to chaos degradation. Therefore, many scholars have studied the construction of high-dimensional chaotic systems. However, many existing algorithms for constructing high-dimensional chaotic systems have relatively high time complexity and relatively complex structures. To solve this problem, this paper explores an n-dimensional discrete hyperchaotic system with a simple structure. Firstly, the n-dimensional discrete hyperchaotic system is constructed by using sine function and power function and simple operations. Then, it is theoretically analyzed based on Jacobian matrix method that the system can have the positive Lyapunov exponents. Next, the algorithm time complexity, sample entropy, correlation dimension and other indexes are compared with those of the existing methods. The experimental results show that our system has a simple structure, high complexity and good algorithm time complexity. Therewith, a six-dimensional chaotic system is chosen as an example, and the phase diagram, bifurcation diagram, Lyapunov expnonents, complexity and other characteristics of the system are analyzed. The results show that the proposed system has good chaotic characteristics. Moreover, to show the application of the proposed system, we apply it to audio encryption. According to this system, we combine it with the XOR operation and true random numbers to explore a novel method of one-cipher audio encryption. Through experimental simulation, compared with some existing audio encryption algorithms, this algorithm can satisfy various statistical tests and resist various common attacks. It is also validated that the proposed system can be effectively applied to the field of audio encryption.