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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jī | ji1
English translation
to arouse
to incite
to excite
to stimulate
sharp
fierce
violent
to arouse, to incite; acute, sharp; fierce, violent

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

water

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵敫

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

jiǎo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and jiǎo represents the sound.

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眼睛 yǎnjing kān zhāo . 看上去 kàn shang qu 成熟 chéngshú duō le , 激动 jīdòng 容光焕发 róng guāng huàn fā .

He narrowed his eyes at her. She looked a lot more mature, and brilliantly excited.

zuì 紧张 jǐnzhāng 刺激 cìjī de 球赛 qiú sài shì 哈佛 Hā fó duì duì 耶鲁 Yē lǔ duì .

The most exciting game was Harvard versus Yale.

飞秒 fēi miǎo 激光 jī guāng Wēi 加工 jiāgōng shì Mén 新兴 Xīn xīng de 学科 xué kē ,具有 jù yǒu 广阔 guǎngkuò de 应用 yìngyòng 前景 qiánjǐng .

Femtosecond laser processing is an emerging field and has important application prospects.

zǒu lái cuàn xiǎng ràng 贝基看见 kànjiàn ,以此 yǐ cǐ lái 激怒 jī nù , shāng de xīn .

And he kept drifting about to find Becky and lacerate her with the performance.

时钟 shí zhōng Zēng 经历 jīnglì le 50 Nián de 激烈 jīliè 争论 zhēnglùn .

The clock paradox has occasioned lively controversy for over 50 years.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
激动 jīdòng to excite激動
刺激 cìjī to provoke刺激 cìjī
感激 gǎnjī to be grateful感激 gǎnjī
激情 jīqíng passion激情 jīqíng
激烈 jīliè intense激烈 jīliè
激励 jīlì to urge激勵
激发 jīfā to arouse激發
激光 jī guāng laser激光 jī guāng
激活 jī huó to activate激活 jī huó
激素 jī sù hormone激素 jī sù
to arouse
冰激凌 bīngjīlíng ice cream冰激凌 bīngjīlíng
激怒 jī nù to infuriate激怒 jī nù
激进 jī jìn radical激進
激起 jī qǐ to arouse激起 jī qǐ
激战 jī zhàn to fight fiercely激戰
感激不尽 gǎn jī bù jìn can't thank sb enough (idiom)感激不盡
过激 guò jī drastic過激
雌激素 cí jī sù estrogen雌激素 cí jī sù
应激 yìng jī stress應激
激增 jī zēng to shoot up激增 jī zēng
刺激性 cì jī xìng thrilling刺激性 cì jī xìng
偏激 piān jī extreme (usu. of thoughts, speech, circumstances)偏激 piān jī
激流 jī liú torrent激流 jī liú

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