HSK 6 · Verbs

激发 jīfā “to arouse” in Chinese

Traditional 激發

What 激发 means

  1. to arouse
  2. to stimulate
  3. to inspire
  4. (physics) to excite

How to say 激发

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale激jī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale发fā1st tone, high and level

激发 in a sentence

  1. 好老师能激发学生的学习兴趣。

    Hǎo lǎoshī néng jīfā xuésheng de xuéxí xìngqù.

    A good teacher can spark students’ interest in learning.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这次旅行激发了他学中文的热情。

    Zhè cì lǚxíng jīfā le tā xué Zhōngwén de rèqíng.

    This trip fired his enthusiasm for learning Chinese.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 激发 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 激 (jī) with each of its parts in a different colour
激jīto arouse
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 敫ancient musical instrument · jiǎoSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 敫 (jiǎo) hints at the sound. Compare it with jī.

The character 发 (fā) drawn as one shape
发fāto send out

发 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 激发

激 16 strokes · 发 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

激发 (jīfā) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 激发 (jīfā). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 激发

Words with 激

激动jīdòng · excited刺激cìjī · to stimulate激烈jīliè · (of competition or fighting) intense感激gǎnjī · to be grateful冰激凌bīngjīlíng · ice cream激励jīlì · to encourage激情jīqíng · passion

Words with 发

发fā · send out发烧fāshāo · have a fever头发tóufa · hair on the head发现fāxiàn · discover发生fāshēng · to happen发展fāzhǎn · development理发lǐfà · to get a haircut出发chūfā · to set off沙发shāfā · sofa发言fāyán · to make a speech

More words: Thinking & Talking

交代jiāodài · to explain交涉jiāoshè · to negotiate借鉴jièjiàn · to learn from揭露jiēlù · to expose激励jīlì · to encourage警告jǐnggào · to warn讥笑jīxiào · to sneer at记载jìzǎi · to record

FAQs

激发 (jīfā) means “to arouse” or “to stimulate”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jīfā: jī with a 1st tone, then fā with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 激发 is written 激發. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jifa with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 激发 from the suggestions. Typing jifa into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
激发 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.