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激动

jī dòng

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 激動

激动 (jī dòng) means "to move emotionally". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 激动 means

1. to move emotionally
2. to stir up (emotions)
3. to excite

The characters in 激动

• 激jīto arouse; to incite; to excite
• 动dòng(of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace

Example sentences

• 我很激动。
  I'm so excited.
• 别这幺激动！
  Don't get so excited!
• 玛格很激动。
  Meg is excited.
• 我激动不已。
  I'm thrilled.
• 麦格激动不已。
  Meg is filled with excitement.
• 我激动得睡不着。
  I'm too excited to sleep.

Sounds the same

Read jī dòng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 机动locomotive; motorized; power-driven
• 鸡冻chicken jelly; (net slang) exciting (pun on 激动

Where 激动 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Positive emotions & feelings (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read jī dòng correctly.
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