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激

Mandarin · pinyin jī

Meanings

  1. to arouse
  2. to incite
  3. to excite
  4. to stimulate
  5. sharp
  6. fierce
  7. violent
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激
jī · arouse, excite, incite; quickly
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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character

  1. (of water currents) to swash; to surge; to dash
  2. to excite; to arouse; to incite; to irritate
  3. to fall ill from getting wet
  4. violently; fiercely; quickly; sharply
  5. rapid; acute; fierce; strong
  6. drastic; radical; extreme
  7. resounding; reverberating; aroused
  8. to restrain; to check
  9. (dialectal, colloquial) to chill (something by dipping it in cold or ice water)
  10. (Cantonese) brilliant; great; cool
  11. (Cantonese) extremely
  12. (Cantonese) to infuriate; to piss off
  13. (Hokkien, Teochew) to brew; to ferment; to distill; to make (alcoholic beverage, etc.)
  14. (Hokkien) to pretend; to feign; to put on; to simulate
  15. (Mainland China Hokkien) to suffocate; to asphyxiate
  16. (Teochew) to drown; to submerge in water; to flood
  17. (Teochew) to compete
  18. a surname, Ji

character

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, of water) turbulent
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) half-covered
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) long
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) bright
  5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 噭

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