激 (gik1 | ji1 ) : arouse; irritate

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激

gik1

ji1

[1] arouse; stimulate; stir up
[2] irritate; provoke; madden
[3] strong; fierce; violent; heated
[4] (of water, etc) swash; surge; dash
[5] [粵] brilliant; great; cool

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 16

Level: 3

Radical: 水 (#85)

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

激

This word has been viewed 11747 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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激活 gik1 wut6 ji1 huo2 = to activate

感激不盡 gam2 gik1 bat1 zeon6 gan3 ji1 bu4 jin4 = can't thank sb enough

慷慨激昂 hong2 koi3 gik1 ngong5 kang1 kai3 ji1 ang2 = impassioned / vehement

刺激 ci3 gik1 ci4 ji1 = stimulate; provoke

激氣 gik1 hei3 = annoying; irritating; pissed off, as a quality(noun) 粵

激死 gik1 sei2 = to annoy; to irritate 粵

激光 gik1 gwong1 ji1 guang1 = laser; laser beam

激動 gik1 dung6 ji1 dong4 = exciting; to excite; to agitate

激勵 gik1 lai6 ji1 li4 = to encourage; to urge; to inspire; to stimulate; motivate 國

激情 gik1 cing4 ji1 qing2 = passion; fervour; strong emotion
See all 51 compounds (CantoDict reports 62 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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危險：激光在使用中國
Danger: Laser in use.

個仔成日去賭錢，做亞媽嘅都好激氣粵
As a mother, she is very upset with her son gambling.

老細畀啲工人激到佢七竅生煙粵
Boss got really pissed off by the workers.

就用激將法嚟令佢有返毅力同信心粵
We'll urge by ridiculing him until he regains the will power and confidence.

小小苦楚等於激勵。
Tiny misery will only be a motivation.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Unicode code for this character: U+6fc0 (off-site link)

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