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奋

fèn

HSK 4 Character Traditional 奮

What 奋 means

1. to exert oneself (bound form)

Example sentences

• 兴奋吗？
  Are you excited?
• 振奋起来！
  Chin up!
• 我得奋斗。
  I have to fight.
• 我让她兴奋。
  I excited her.
• 兴奋到了极点。
  Xīngfèn dào le jídiǎn.
  The excitement reached its peak.
• 他越说越兴奋。
  As he talked, he got more and more excited.

Words starting with 奋

• 奋斗fèn dòuto strive; to struggle
• 奋力fèn lìto do everything one can; to spare no effort; to strive
• 奋战fèn zhànto fight bravely; (fig.) to struggle; to work hard
• 奋勇fèn yǒngdauntless; to summon up courage and determination; using extreme force of will
• 奋起fèn qǐto rise vigorously; a spirited start
• 奋不顾身fèn bù gù shēnto dash on bravely with no thought of personal safety (idiom); undaunted by dangers…
• 奋进fèn jìnto advance bravely; to endeavor
• 奋发fèn fāto rouse to vigorous action; energetic mood
• 奋飞fèn fēito spread wings and fly
• 奋进号Fèn jìn HàoSpace Shuttle Endeavor
• 奋武扬威fèn wǔ yáng wēia show of strength
• 奋发图强fèn fā tú qiángto work energetically for prosperity (of the country)
• 奋笔疾书fèn bǐ jí shūto write at a tremendous speed
• 奋起直追fèn qǐ zhí zhuīto catch up vigorously; to set off in hot pursuit
• 奋袂fèn mèito roll up one's sleeves for action

Words containing 奋

• 兴奋xīng fènexcited; excitement; (physiology) excitation
• 勤奋qín fènhardworking; diligent
• 振奋zhèn fènto stir oneself up; to raise one's spirits; to inspire
• 亢奋kàng fènexcited; stimulated
• 自告奋勇zì gào fèn yǒngto volunteer for; to offer to undertake
• 兴奋剂xīng fèn jìstimulant; doping (in athletics)
• 艰苦奋斗jiān kǔ fèn dòuto struggle arduously
• 发奋fā fènto make an effort; to push for sth; to work hard
• 孤军奋战gū jūn fèn zhànlit. lone army putting up a brave fight (idiom); fig. (of a person or group of people)…
• 令人振奋lìng rén zhèn fèninspiring; exciting; rousing
• 感奋gǎn fènmoved and inspired; fired with enthusiasm
• 昂奋áng fènbuoyant; high-spirited; vigorous
• 激奋jī fènaroused; excited
• 反兴奋剂fǎn xīng fèn jì(sports) anti-doping
• 发奋图强fā fèn tú qiángto make an effort to become strong (idiom); determined to do better…
• 发奋有为fā fèn yǒu wéito prove one's worth through firm resolve (idiom)
• 兴奋高潮xīng fèn gāo cháopeak of excitement; orgasm
• 邹韬奋Zōu Tāo fènZou Taofen (1895-1944), journalist, political theorist and publisher

Characters built on 田

These share the phonetic component 田 (tián), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 畚běna basket or pan used for earth, manure etc
• 畛zhěnborder; boundary; field-path

Characters that look like 奋

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 备bèi(bound form) to prepare; to equip; (literary) fully; completely
• 春chūnspring (season); gay; joyful
• 吞tūnto swallow; to take
• 妾qièconcubine; I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women)
• 沓dáclassifier for sheets of papers etc: pile, pad; Taiwan pr. tà
• 杳yǎodark and quiet; disappear

Sounds the same

Read fèn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 份classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc; variant of 分
• 愤indignant; anger; resentment
• 粪manure; dung
• 分part; share; ingredient
• 瀵name of a river; valley vapor
• 忿anger; indignation; hatred
• 鲼any ray (fish) variety of Myliobatiformes order
• 瞓to sleep (Cantonese); Mandarin equivalent: 睡
• 偾to instigate; to ruin; to destroy