激烈 jīliè▶ feroz

Stroke order

激烈 is written in 26 strokes across 2 characters.

• 激 — 16 strokes
• 烈 — 10 strokes

Senses

1. (of competition or fighting) intense
2. fierce
3. (of pain) acute
4. (of an expression of opinion) impassioned
5. vehement
6. (of a course of action) drastic
7. extreme

Related words

• 刺激estimular
• 强烈fuerte
• 感激Apreciar
• 热烈cálido
• 冰激凌helado
• 剧烈Severo; grave

激烈 is pronounced jīliè and means “feroz”. It is part of the HSK 5 word list, a level of China’s Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi proficiency exam. Knowing what 激烈 means when you see it is a weaker kind of knowing than being able to summon it; only the second survives a real conversation. LexiTrail spaces your reviews so each one lands when it will do the most work.