激动 jīdòng▶ Emocionado

Stroke order

激动 is written in 22 strokes across 2 characters.

• 激 — 16 strokes
• 动 — 6 strokes

Senses

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

Example sentences

• 听到这个消息他很激动。Tīngdào zhège xiāoxi tā hěn jīdòng.He was very excited to hear this news.
• 别太激动，慢慢说。Bié tài jīdòng, mànmàn shuō.Do not get too excited, speak slowly.

Related words

• 动作acción
• 感动Estar conmovido
• 活动actividad
• 等 （动）Esperar
• 得（助动词）tener que
• 主动activo

激动 is pronounced jīdòng and means “Emocionado”. You will meet it in HSK 4, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 激动 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.