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激 (gik1) — arouse; stimulate; stir up in Cantonese

gikˉ¹激
Mandarin Pinyin: ji1

Meaning of 激

nounarouse; stimulate; stir up
nounbrilliant; great; cool
noun(of water, etc) swash; surge; dash
nounstrong; fierce; violent; heated
nounirritate; provoke; madden
noun(verb) 1. drive (someone crazy); 2. irritate; 3. Infuriate

Example Sentences with 激

危險：激光在使用中
Danger: Laser in use.
個仔成日去賭錢，做亞媽嘅都好激氣
As a mother, she is very upset with her son gambling.
老細畀啲工人激到佢七竅生煙
Boss got really pissed off by the workers.
就用激將法嚟令佢有返毅力同信心
We'll urge by ridiculing him until he regains the will power and confidence.
siuˊ²小siuˊ²小fuˊ²苦coˊ²楚dangˊ²等jyuˉ¹於gikˉ¹激laiˍ₆勵。
Tiny misery will only be a motivation.
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Words Containing 激

激戰gik1 zin3
to fight fiercely; fierce battle
動情激素dung6 cing4 gik1 sou3
estrogen, oestrogen
激動gik1 dung6
exciting; to excite; to agitate
激流gik1 lau4
riptide
激增gik1 zang1
to increase rapidly; a sharp increase
激光打引機gik1 gwong1 daa2 jan5 gei1
laser printer
激動的gik1 dung6 dik1
agitated
激烈gik1 lit6
intense; fierce; acute
激光器gik1 gwong1 hei3
laser
激勵gik1 lai6
to encourage; to urge; to inspire; to stimulate; motivate
激將法gik1 zoeng3 faat3
prodding somebody into action by derision, sarcasm.
激奀gik1 ngan1
to drive sb crazy; to be completely irritated

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