HSK 4 · Emotions

激动 jīdòng “excited” in Chinese

Traditional 激動

What 激动 means

  1. excited
  2. emotional
  3. to excite
  4. to move emotionally
  5. to stir up (emotions)

How to say 激动

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale动dòng4th tone, falling

激动 in a sentence

  1. 我很激动。

    Wǒ hěn jīdòng.

    I’m so excited.

    Sentence #5978316 from Tatoeba

  2. 我激动得睡不着。

    Wǒ jīdòng de shuìbuzháo.

    I’m too excited to sleep.

    Sentence #9501196 from Tatoeba

  3. 别这么激动！

    Bié zhème jīdòng!

    Don’t get so excited!

    Sentence #1651498 from Tatoeba

How 激动 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 动 (dòng) with each of its parts in a different colour
动dòngto move
  • 云cloud · yún
  • 力strength · lìMeaning part

Memory aidStrength 力 makes things move. In the full form 動, 重 (zhòng) gave the sound.

How to write 激动

激 16 strokes · 动 6 strokes

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

Words related to 激动

Words with 激

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激发jīfā · to arouse激励jīlì · to encourage激情jīqíng · passion

Words with 动

动dòng · to move运动yùndòng · to exercise动物dòngwù · animal动物园dòngwùyuán · zoo运动员yùndòngyuán · athlete运动会yùndònghuì · sports meet活动huódòng · activity感动gǎndòng · to be moved动作dòngzuò · movement行动xíngdòng · to act

More words: Emotions & Feelings

感动gǎndòng · to be moved感情gǎnqíng · emotion害羞hàixiū · shy后悔hòuhuǐ · to regret骄傲jiāo'ào · proud紧张jǐnzhāng · nervous开心kāixīn · to feel happy可怜kělián · pitiful

FAQs

激动 (jīdòng) means “excited” or “emotional”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it jīdòng: jī with a 1st tone, then dòng with a 4th 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, 激动 is written 激動. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jidong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 激动 from the suggestions. Typing jidong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
激动 is an HSK 4 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.