激
烈

(of competition or fighting) intense in Chinese: 激烈 (jī liè)

jī liè

(of competition or fighting) intense

HSK 3.0 Level 41 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1(of competition or fighting) intense
  2. 2fierce
  3. 3(of pain) acute
  4. 4(of an expression of opinion) impassioned
  5. 5vehement
  6. 6(of a course of action) drastic
  7. 7extreme

Stroke order

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激
烈

Zhuyin

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ㄐㄧ

jī

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ i—/ first tone

ㄌㄧㄝˋ

liè

ㄌ/ lㄧ/ iㄝ/ êˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 我们激烈的讨论了这个问题。

    wǒ men jī liè de tǎo lùn le zhè ge wèn tí。

    We had a heated discussion about it.

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Related words

激动

jī dòng

to move emotionally

刺激

cì jī

to provoke

感激

gǎn jī

to be grateful

强烈

qiáng liè

strong

热烈

rè liè

enthusiastic

激情

jī qíng

passion

激发

jī fā

to arouse

激光

jī guāng

laser

激化

jī huà

to intensify

激活

jī huó

to activate

激励

jī lì

to encourage

激起

jī qǐ

to arouse

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