奮 (fan5 | fen4) : exert oneself; raise

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奮

fan5

fen4

[1] exert/bestir oneself; act vigorously
[2] raise; lift; wave
[3] spread and flutter the wings

Stroke count: 16

Level: 2

Radical: 大 (#37)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

奮 / 奋

This word has been viewed 6406 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 30th Dec 2011 04:18

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興奮 hing1 fan5 xing1 fen4 = excited; agitated

振奮 zan3 fan5 zhen4 fen4 = to raise one's own spirit

勤奮 kan4 fan5 qin2 fen4 = hardworking; industrious; diligent

奮鬥 fan5 dau3 fen4 dou4 = to struggle; to strive; to fight

發奮圖強 faat3 fan5 tou4 koeng4 fa1 fen4 tu2 qiang2 = to work with passion for the sake of the country

奮勇 fan5 jung5 fen4 yong3 = without fear; bravely; with all one's courage

奮戰 fan5 zin3 fen4 zhan4 = to fight bravely

使興奮 sai2 hing1 fan5 shi3 xing1 fen4 = exciting; to excite

努力奮鬥 nou5 lik6 fan5 dau3 nu3 li4 fen4 dou4 = stuggle with all one's energy

奮力 fan5 lik6 fen4 li4 = [v] do all one can; do one's best
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Showing all 4 examples containing 奮

細路仔好興奮！粵
The children are getting excited!

小孩子們很興奮！國
The children are getting excited!

他興奮地去圖書館。國
He goes to the library with excitement.
[地 is used as an adjunct after a word (pinyin: de5)]

佢哋好興奮噉放緊紙鳶粵
They're excitedly flying kites.
[Note that 好開心噉 is considerably more common than 好興奮噉. (開心 is used in more situations in Cantonese than the translation "happy".)]

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Decimal representation of this word: 奮
Unicode code for this character: U+596e (off-site link)

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