# 刺激 (cìjī)

In Mandarin Chinese, 刺激 (cìjī) means “to provoke; irritant”. It is part of the HSK 4 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to provoke; irritant
- Pinyin: cìjī (ci4 ji1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 4
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 冷水会刺激你的肠胃。
  Lěngshuǐ huì cìjī nǐ de chángwèi.
  Cold water can irritate your stomach.

## Characters

- [刺](https://hanziro.com/word/ci-thorn/) (cì): thorn; to stab
- 激 (jī): to arouse; to incite

https://hanziro.com/word/ci-ji-provoke/

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