What's the most exciting thing you've done this year?
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刺激
cì jī
HSK 3.0 · 4HSK 2.0 · 5
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cì jī · ci3 gik1 (Jyutping)
- to provoke; to irritate; to upset; to stimulate; to excite
- irritant
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Character breakdown
刺
- Meaning
- stab; prick, irritate; prod
- Radical
- 刂
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- ⿰朿刂
- Cangjie
- DBLN
- Four-corner
- 5290.0
激
- Meaning
- arouse, excite, incite; quickly
- Radical
- 氵
- Strokes
- 16
- Components
- ⿰氵敫
- Cangjie
- EHSK
- Four-corner
- 3814.0
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Example sentences
More money for education will spur economic growth.
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