entries → 刺激
TSUMUGU · TOCFL 4 (per source vocab page) · 詞
刺激 word · TOCFL 4 (per source vocab page)
刺激 =
ㄘˋ ㄐㄧ · cìjī
noun — a stimulus; verb — to stimulate; adj — thrilling

字源 FORM — what the parts do

to prick (刂 the knife)朿 is a thorn tree — the picture and the sound (cì)
to surge (氵)water dashing on rock — 激起
刺激,刺進去的刺,激起來的激。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一根「」扎進來,一道水「」起來。
A thorn jabs in (刺); water leaps off the rock (激).
字源記憶法
例 · Examples
1這個遊戲很刺激
This game is thrilling!
2那種影片又短又快,給腦子太多刺激
Those videos, short and fast, flood the brain with stimulation.
3咖啡因kāfēiyīn — caffeine刺激神經shénjīng — nerves
Caffeine stimulates the nerves.
4雲霄飛車yúnxiāofēichē — roller coaster刺激了,我不敢坐。
Roller coasters are too much for me.
5降價是為了刺激買氣mǎiqì — buying mood, demand
The price cut is there to stimulate demand.
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關 · Related
jīdòngthe of feelings — stirred upcìqīngthe everyday — ink pricked into skin平淡píngdànthe opposite — flat