刺激

Chinese

		thorn; sting; prick thorn; sting; prick; pierce; stab; thrust; assassinate; murder	to arouse; to incite; to excite to arouse; to incite; to excite; to stimulate; sharp; fierce; violent
simp. and trad. (刺激)		刺	激
anagram		激刺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cìjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˋ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci³ gik¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiuk-kit
• Eastern Min (BUC): ché̤ṳ-gék
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhì-kek / chhì-kiak / chhì-khek

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ceng³ gêg⁴

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tshy-ciq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cìjī → cìji (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˋ ㄐㄧ → ㄘˋ ˙ㄐㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìhji̊
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ⁴-chi⁵
    • Yale: tsz̀-ji
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyh.ji
    • Palladius: цыцзи (cyczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/ → /t͡sʰz̩⁵¹ d͡ʑ̥i¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci³ gik¹
    • Yale: chi gīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi³ gik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi³ gig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː³³ kɪk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiuk-kit
    • Hakka Romanization System: qiug^ˋ gid^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qiug⁵ gid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯uk̚² kit̚²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ché̤ṳ-gék
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰy²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(k-)ɛiʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì-kek
    • Tâi-lô: tshì-kik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chie'keg
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁵³ kiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ kiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ kiɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì-kiak
    • Tâi-lô: tshì-kiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chie'kiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kiak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì-khek
    • Tâi-lô: tshì-khik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chie'qeg
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰiɪk̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ceng³ gêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshṳ̀ng kek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɯŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kek̚²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tshy-ciq
    • MiniDict: tshy^去 cih
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tshr-jiq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰz̩³³ t͡ɕiɪʔ⁴⁴/

Verb

刺激

1. to stimulate; to excite; to spur

   刺激法案  ―  cìjī fǎ'àn  ―  stimulus bill

   刺激增長／刺激增长  ―  cìjī zēngzhǎng  ―  to spur growth

2. to provoke; to upset; to irritate
   • 2013, “最後尾班車”, 高以德 (lyrics), 張宏國 (music)‎^[1]performed by 許富凱 [Henry Hsu] and 曹雅雯 [Olivia Tsao]:

     無情喇叭聲刺激阮心肝 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     无情喇叭声刺激阮心肝 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     bô-chêng lá-pah siaⁿ chhì-khek gún sim-koaⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     The heartless sound of the horn upsets my heart

Synonyms

• (to stimulate): 搞活 (gǎohuó), 興奮／兴奋 (xīngfèn)

Derived terms

• 刺激物 (cìjīwù)
• 刺激素
• 強刺激 / 强刺激 (qiángcìjī)

Adjective

刺激

1. exciting; stimulating; thrilling

Noun

刺激

1. (physiology, psychology, economics) stimulus; stimulant

Synonyms

• 刺激物 (cìjīwù)

Derived terms

• 電刺激 / 电刺激 (diàncìjī)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
刺	激
し Grade: S	げき Grade: 6
on'yomi	kan'yōon

Alternative spelling
刺戟

Etymology

激 is a daiyōji replacing 戟.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しげき [shìgékí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɕiɡe̞kʲi]

Noun

刺(し)激(げき) • (shigeki) ^{←しげき (sigeki)?}

1. stimulus, stimulation, impetus, motivation
   • 1913, 島崎藤村, 突貫‎^[2], 青空文庫:

     東京(とうきやう)の友人(いうじん)が戦地(せんち)へ赴(おもむ)く前(まへ)に寄(よこ)した別離(わかれ)の手紙(てがみ)は私(わたし)の心(こころ)に強(つよ)い刺戟(しげき)を与(あた)へた。

     Tōkyō no yūjin ga senchi e omomuku mae ni yokoshita wakare no tegami wa watashi no kokoro ni tsuyoi shigeki o ataeta.

     The farewell letter my friend in Tokyo sent me before he went off to the front caused a great stir in my heart.

Derived terms

• 刺激閾(しげきいき) (shigekiiki)
• 刺激運動(しげきうんどう) (shigeki undō)
• 刺激剤(しげきざい) (shigekizai)
• 刺激臭(しげきしゅう) (shigekishū)
• 刺激性(しげきせい) (shigekisei)
• 刺激的(しげきてき) (shigekiteki)
• 刺激伝導系(しげきでんどうけい) (shigeki dendō kei)
• 刺激反応説(しげきはんのうせつ) (shigeki hannō setsu)
• 刺激物(しげきぶつ) (shigekibutsu)
• 刺激薬(しげきやく) (shigekiyaku)
• 刺激療法(しげきりょうほう) (shigeki ryōhō)
• 閾刺激(いきしげき) (ikishigeki)
• 黄体刺激(おうたいしげき)ホルモン (ōtai shigeki horumon)
• 鍵刺激(かぎしげき) (kagi shigeki)
• 強化刺激(きょうかしげき) (kyōka shigeki)
• 甲状腺刺激(こうじょうせんしげき)ホルモン (kōjōsen shigeki horumon)
• 条件刺激(じょうけんしげき) (jōken shigeki)
• 性腺刺激(せいせんしげき)ホルモン (seisen shigeki horumon)
• 適合刺激(てきごうしげき) (tekigō shigeki)
• 適刺激(てきしげき) (tekishigeki)
• 適当刺激(てきとうしげき) (tekitō shigeki)
• 泌乳刺激(ひつにゅうしげき)ホルモン (hitsunyū shigeki horumon)
• 副腎皮質刺激(ふくじんひしつしげき)ホルモン (fukujin hishitsu shigeki horumon)
• 卵胞刺激(らんほうしげき)ホルモン (ranhō shigeki horumon)

Verb

刺(し)激(げき)する • (shigeki suru) ^{←しげき (sigeki)?}transitive suru (stem 刺(し)激(げき)し (shigeki shi), past 刺(し)激(げき)した (shigeki shita))

1. stimulate, quicken, get going, provide an impetus

   好奇心(こうきしん)を刺激(しげき)する

   kōkishin o shigeki suru

   stimulate one's curiosity

Conjugation

Conjugation of "刺激する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	刺激し	しげきし	shigeki shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	刺激し	しげきし	shigeki shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	刺激する	しげきする	shigeki suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	刺激する	しげきする	shigeki suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	刺激すれ	しげきすれ	shigeki sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	刺激せよ¹ 刺激しろ²	しげきせよ¹ しげきしろ²	shigeki seyo¹ shigeki shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	刺激される	しげきされる	shigeki sareru
Causative	刺激させる 刺激さす	しげきさせる しげきさす	shigeki saseru shigeki sasu
Potential	刺激できる	しげきできる	shigeki dekiru
Volitional	刺激しよう	しげきしよう	shigeki shiyō
Negative	刺激しない	しげきしない	shigeki shinai
Negative continuative	刺激せず	しげきせず	shigeki sezu
Formal	刺激します	しげきします	shigeki shimasu
Perfective	刺激した	しげきした	shigeki shita
Conjunctive	刺激して	しげきして	shigeki shite
Hypothetical conditional	刺激すれば	しげきすれば	shigeki sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative