刺激 cìjī▶ estimular

Stroke order

刺激 is written in 24 strokes across 2 characters.

• 刺 — 8 strokes
• 激 — 16 strokes

Senses

1. to provoke; to irritate; to upset; to stimulate; to excite
2. irritant

Related words

• 感激Apreciar
• 激烈feroz
• 讽刺sátira
• 冰激凌helado
• 刺espina
• 激动Emocionado

刺激 is pronounced cìjī and means “estimular”. HSK 5 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 刺激 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.