Chinese symbol for “excitement”
兴奋
xīng fèn
Traditional: 興奮
excited; excitement; (physiology) excitation
The closest CC-CEDICT match for excitement is 兴奋 (xīng fèn), defined as: excited; excitement; (physiology) excitation.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “excitement”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 兴 (興) | xìng | feeling or desire to do sth; interest in sth |
| 热闹 (熱鬧) | rè nao | lively; bustling; full of activity; to make things lively; to have a good time |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 兴奋.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 兴趣 (興趣) | xìng qù | interest (desire to know about sth); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby |
| 高兴 (高興) | gāo xìng | happy; glad |
| 兴建 (興建) | xīng jiàn | to build; to construct |
| 新兴 (新興) | xīn xīng | (of markets, industries, infectious diseases etc) rising; emerging |
| 兴起 (興起) | xīng qǐ | to rise; to spring up |
| 奋斗 (奮鬥) | fèn dòu | to strive; to struggle |
| 勤奋 (勤奮) | qín fèn | hardworking; diligent |
| 奋力 (奮力) | fèn lì | to do everything one can; to spare no effort |
See also: Japanese symbol for “excitement”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.