刺激
Meaning
- to provoke; to irritate; to upset; to stimulate; to excite
- irritant
Example sentence
你今年做的最刺激的事是什么？
What's the most exciting thing you've done this year?
Characters in 刺激
- 刺 cì thorn
- 激 jī to stir up, to arouse; fierce, intense
刺 to pierce plus 激 to stir up. 激 gives 激动 and 激烈; the word covers a stimulus and an irritation.