HSK 5 · Adjectives

激烈 jīliè “(of competition or fighting) intense” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 激烈 means

  1. (of competition or fighting) intense
  2. fierce
  3. (of pain) acute
  4. (of an expression of opinion) impassioned
  5. vehement
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • (of a course of action) drastic

How to say 激烈

  • 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烈liè4th tone, falling

激烈 in a sentence

  1. 今天的比赛非常激烈。

    Jīntiān de bǐsài fēicháng jīliè.

    Today’s match was very intense.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 大家讨论得很激烈。

    Dàjiā tǎolùn de hěn jīliè.

    Everyone had a heated discussion.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 激烈 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 烈 (liè) with each of its parts in a different colour
烈lièardent
  • 列a line · lièSound part
  • 灬fire form of 火 · huǒMeaning part

灬 hints at the meaning (fire); 列 (liè) hints at the sound. Compare it with liè.

How to write 激烈

激 16 strokes · 烈 10 strokes

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

Words related to 激烈

Words with 激

激动jīdòng · excited刺激cìjī · to stimulate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 烈

强烈qiángliè · strong热烈rèliè · enthusiastic剧烈jùliè · violent猛烈měngliè · fierce壮烈zhuàngliè · heroic兴高采烈xìnggāocǎiliè · in high spirits

More words: Adjectives

糊涂hútu · muddled慌张huāngzhāng · flustered灰huī · grey活跃huóyuè · active坚决jiānjué · firm坚强jiānqiáng · staunch艰巨jiānjù · arduous艰苦jiānkǔ · difficult

FAQs

激烈 (jīliè) means “(of competition or fighting) intense” or “fierce”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it jīliè: jī with a 1st tone, then liè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 激烈 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jilie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 激烈 from the suggestions. Typing jilie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
激烈 is an HSK 5 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.