興奮 (hing1 fan5 | xing1 fen4) : excited; excitement; hyper

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興奮

hing1 fan5

xing1 fen4

excited; excitement; hyper

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 3,690,000

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

興奮 / 兴奋

This word was added by tym on 8th Feb 2005 17:16 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

Characters in this word:

興 hing1 hing3 - flourish, hot, excitement
奮 fan5 - exert oneself; raise

2 compounds containing this word:

使興奮 - exciting; to excite
興奮劑 - stimulant; drugs

Showing all 4 examples containing 興奮

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]

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".)]

* The simplified equivalent of this word has not been verified by any editors, so it may not be fully accurate *

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