# 冲动 (chōngdòng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 冲动 (chōngdòng) means “impulsive; impulse; urge”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: impulsive; impulse; urge
- Pinyin: chōngdòng (chong1 dong4)
- Traditional: 衝動
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 不要在冲动的时候做决定。
  Bùyào zài chōngdòng de shíhou zuò juédìng.
  Do not make decisions when you are feeling impulsive.

## Characters

- [冲](https://hanziro.com/word/chong-dash-against/) (chōng): (of water) to dash against; to mix with water
- [动](https://hanziro.com/word/dong-move/) (dòng): to move; to touch

https://hanziro.com/word/chong-dong-impulsive/

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