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刺激

cì jī

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

刺激 (cì jī) means "to provoke/stimulate; exciting". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 刺激 means

1. to provoke; to irritate; to upset; to stimulate; to excite
2. irritant

The characters in 刺激

• 刺cìthorn; sting; thrust
• 激jīto arouse; to incite; to excite

Example sentences

• 你今年做的最刺激的事是什幺？
  What's the most exciting thing you've done this year?
• 更多投资在教育的钱将会刺激经济成长。
  Gèng duō tóuzī zàijiào yù de qián jiānghuì cìjī jīngjì chéngzhǎng.
  More money for education will spur economic growth.
• 减税常被用作刺激经济的主要财政手段。
  Jiǎnshuì cháng bèi yòngzuò cìjī jīngjì de zhǔyào cáizhèng shǒuduàn.
  Tax cuts are often used as a major fiscal tool to stimulate the economy.
• 有些人喜欢循规蹈矩，而有些人总喜欢寻求刺激。
  Yǒuxiērén xǐhuan xúnguīdǎojǔ, ér yǒuxiērén zǒng xǐhuan xúnqiú cìjī.
  Some people prefer conformity, while others seek novelty.
• 正如身体需要锻炼，所以心灵需要刺激才能保持健康。
  Zhèngrú shēntǐ xūyào duànliàn, suǒyǐ xīnlíng xūyào cìjī cái néng bǎochí jiànkāng.
  Just as the body needs exercise, so the mind needs stimulation to stay healthy.
• 攀山是种既紧张刺激，又具挑战性的运动，因此特别受年青人欢迎。
  Pān shān shì zhǒng jì jǐnzhāng cìjī, yòu jù tiǎozhàn xìng de yùndòng, yīncǐ tèbié shòu niánqīng rén huānyíng.
  Mountaineering is attractive especially to young people because it is accompanied with hardships and adventures.

Words starting with 刺激

• 刺激性cì jī xìngthrilling; exciting; stimulating
• 刺激剂cì jī jìirritant agent
• 刺激物cì jī wùstimulus

Words containing 刺激

• 共刺激gòng cì jī(immunology) costimulation; costimulatory
• 肺刺激性毒剂fèi cì jī xìng dú jìlung irritant

Where 刺激 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Conflict, Anger & Frustration (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read cì jī correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.