興奮

See also: 兴奋

Chinese

		interest; flourish; it is the fashion to interest; flourish; it is the fashion to; to become popular	exert oneself
trad. (興奮)		興	奮
simp. (兴奋)		兴	奋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīngfèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥ ㄈㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hing¹ fan⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hèng-hùn / heng-hùn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīngfèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥ ㄈㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: singfèn
    • Wade–Giles: hsing¹-fên⁴
    • Yale: syīng-fèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shingfenn
    • Palladius: синфэнь (sinfɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵⁵ fən⁵¹/

Note: Often mispronounced as xìngfèn.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hing¹ fan⁵
    • Yale: hīng fáhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hing¹ fan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: hing¹ fen⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɪŋ⁵⁵ fɐn¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hèng-hùn
    • Tâi-lô: hìng-hùn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: heanghuxn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hun⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: heng-hùn
    • Tâi-lô: hing-hùn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: henghuxn
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hun¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hun²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hun²¹/

Adjective

興奮

1. excited

   我去他家的時候，心情總是興奮和擔憂各半。 [MSC, trad.]
   我去他家的时候，心情总是兴奋和担忧各半。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ qù tā jiā de shíhòu, xīnqíng zǒngshì xīngfèn hé dānyōu gèbàn. [Pinyin]

   When I go to his place I always feel excited and worried in equal measure.

Synonyms

• 情緒化／情绪化 (qíngxùhuà)
• 激動／激动 (jīdòng)

 

Verb

興奮

1. to excite; to stimulate

Synonyms

• 刺激 (cìjī)
• 搞活 (gǎohuó)

Noun

興奮

1. (biology, physiology) stimulation; excitation

Derived terms

• 興奮劑／兴奋剂 (xīngfènjì)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
興	奮
こう Grade: 5	ふん Grade: 6
on’yomi

Alternative spellings
昂奮 亢奮

Etymology

kaupun → kauɸun → koːɸun.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーふん [kòófúń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɸɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

興(こう)奮(ふん) • (kōfun) ^{←かうふん (kaufun)?}

1. excitement, stimulation, agitation, arousal

   性的(せいてき)興奮(こうふん)

   seiteki kōfun

   sexual arousal

Derived terms

• 興奮剤(こうふんざい) (kōfunzai, “stimulant”)
• 興奮性細胞(こうふんせいさいぼう) (kōfunsei saibō, “excitable cell”)

Verb

興(こう)奮(ふん)する • (kōfun suru) ^{←かうふん (kaufun)?}suru (stem 興(こう)奮(ふん)し (kōfun shi), past 興(こう)奮(ふん)した (kōfun shita))

1. be excited, be stimulated, be agitated, be aroused

Conjugation

Conjugation of "興奮する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	興奮し	こうふんし	kōfun shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	興奮し	こうふんし	kōfun shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	興奮する	こうふんする	kōfun suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	興奮する	こうふんする	kōfun suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	興奮すれ	こうふんすれ	kōfun sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	興奮せよ¹ 興奮しろ²	こうふんせよ¹ こうふんしろ²	kōfun seyo¹ kōfun shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	興奮される	こうふんされる	kōfun sareru
Causative	興奮させる 興奮さす	こうふんさせる こうふんさす	kōfun saseru kōfun sasu
Potential	興奮できる	こうふんできる	kōfun dekiru
Volitional	興奮しよう	こうふんしよう	kōfun shiyō
Negative	興奮しない	こうふんしない	kōfun shinai
Negative continuative	興奮せず	こうふんせず	kōfun sezu
Formal	興奮します	こうふんします	kōfun shimasu
Perfective	興奮した	こうふんした	kōfun shita
Conjunctive	興奮して	こうふんして	kōfun shite
Hypothetical conditional	興奮すれば	こうふんすれば	kōfun sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
興	奮

Noun

興奮 • (heungbun) (hangeul 흥분)

1. Hanja form^? of 흥분 (“excitement”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
興	奮

Adjective

興奮

1. chữ Hán form of hưng phấn (“excited; aroused”).