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激动 (jī dòng): To excite (Adjective) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

激 • jī • to stimulate, to arouse, or to surge
jī激

to stimulate, to arouse, or to surge

动 • dòng • to move, to act, to change
dòng动

to move, to act, to change

Word Info

Pinyinjī dòng
Meaningto excite
Characters2
SyntaxAdjective

HSK 4 Words

More vocabulary at the same HSK level as 激动.

  • 奖金jiǎng jīnpremium
  • 活泼huó pobrisk; lively
  • 不得不bù dé bùto have to
  • 调查diào cháinvestigation
  • 差不多chà bu duōalmost
  • 部分bù fenpart; section; portion
  • 胳膊gē boarm
  • 广告guǎng gàoadvertisement
  • 合格hé géqualified
  • 表扬biǎo yángto praise
  • 继续jì xùto carry on; continue
  • 打扮dǎ banto decorate
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Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 激动.

Words with 激
  • 刺激cì jīto stimulate; provoke; irritate
  • 感激gǎn jīto feel grateful; be thankful
  • 激烈jī lièintense; sharp; fierce
冰激凌
bīng jī líng
ice cream
  • 激励jī lìencourage; impel; urge
  • 激发jī fāarouse; stimulate; stir up
  • 激情jī qíngintense emotion; fervour; passion
  • 激光jī guānglaser
    • Words with 动
    • 运动yùn dòngsport
    • 动物dòng wùanimals
    • 动物园dòng wù yuánzoo
    • 运动会yùn dòng huìsports competition
    • 运动员yùn dòng yuánathlete
    • 动作dòng zuòmovement
    • 动车dòng chēhigh-speed train; bullet train
    • 感动gǎn dòngmove (emotionally)
    4.

    Readings & Senses

    jī dòng(ji dong)
    1. [adjective]to excite[HSK4]
    2. [adjective/verb]to excite[HSK 3.0 · L4]
    5.

    How to Use 激动 in Sentences

    Adverb + Adjectivewith非常
    fēi非
    cháng常
    jī激
    dòng动
    neutral
    very excited
    Verb + Adjectivewith感到
    gǎn感
    dào到
    jī激
    dòng动
    Adjective + Complementwith哭
    jī激
    dòng动
    de得
    kū哭
    le了
    Idiomwith人心
    jī激
    dòng动
    rén人
    xīn心
    6.

    Example Sentences with 激动

    tā他
    yíng赢
    le了
    bǐ比
    sài赛
    ，
    hěn
    neutral
    feel excited
    informal
    Spoken
    so excited that one cries
    formal
    heart-stirring
    很
    jī激
    dòng动
    。
    He won the game and was very excited.
    tīng听
    dào到
    zhè这
    ge个
    hǎo好
    xiāo消
    xi息
    ，
    tā他
    fēi非
    cháng常
    jī激
    dòng动
    。
    Hearing this good news, he was very excited.
    tīng听
    dào到
    zì自
    jǐ己
    huò获
    dé得
    le了
    jiǎng奖
    xué学
    jīn金
    ，
    tā他
    jī激
    dòng动
    dé得
    zhěng整
    wǎn晚
    méi没
    shuì睡
    hǎo好
    。
    Hearing that he received the scholarship, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep well all night.
    tīng听
    dào到
    hǎo好
    xiāo消
    xī息
    ，
    tā她
    jī激
    dòng动
    dé得
    tiào跳
    le了
    qǐ起
    lái来
    。
    Upon hearing the good news, she jumped up excitedly.
    kàn看
    dào到
    duō多
    nián年
    wèi未
    jiàn见
    de的
    qīn亲
    rén人
    ，
    tā他
    jī激
    dòng动
    dé得
    shuō说
    bù不
    chū出
    huà话
    lái来
    。
    Seeing his long-lost relative, he was so excited that he couldn't speak.