激昂

Chinese

		to arouse; to incite; to excite to arouse; to incite; to excite; to stimulate; sharp; fierce; violent	high; soaring; raise high; soaring; raise; lift; expensive; to raise one's head
simp. and trad. (激昂)		激	昂

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jī'áng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gik¹ ngong⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiak-gông / kek-gông / kek-không

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jī'áng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ji-áng
  - Wade–Giles: chi¹-ang²
  - Yale: jī-áng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiarng
  - Palladius: цзиан (czian)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ˀɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gik¹ ngong⁴
  - Yale: gīk ngòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gik⁷ ngong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gig¹ ngong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪk̚⁵ ŋɔːŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiak-gông
  - Tâi-lô: kiak-gông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiakgoong
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɡɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kek-gông
  - Tâi-lô: kik-gông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kekgoong
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /kiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ɡɔŋ²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ɡɔŋ²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ ɡɔŋ¹³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kek-không
  - Tâi-lô: kik-không
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kekqoong
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kʰɔŋ²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kʰɔŋ²⁴/

Adjective

激昂

roused; impassioned

Synonyms

慷慨 (kāngkǎi)
激切 (jīqiè) (literary)
激烈 (jīliè)

Derived terms

慷慨激昂 (kāngkǎijī'áng)
激昂慷慨

Japanese

Kanji in this term
激	昂
げき Grade: 6	こう Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
激高

Etymology

gekikau > gekikɔː > gekikoː.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɡe̞kʲiko̞ː]

Noun

激(げき)昂(こう) • (gekikō) ^{←げきかう (gekikau)^?}

having extremely strong emotions; excitement, enraged, furious

Verb

激(げき)昂(こう)する • (gekikō suru) ^{←げきかう (gekikau)^?}suru (stem 激(げき)昂(こう)し (gekikō shi), past 激(げき)昂(こう)した (gekikō shita))

be enraged

Conjugation

Conjugation of "激昂する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	激昂し	げきこうし	gekikō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	激昂し	げきこうし	gekikō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	激昂する	げきこうする	gekikō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	激昂する	げきこうする	gekikō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	激昂すれ	げきこうすれ	gekikō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	激昂せよ¹ 激昂しろ²	げきこうせよ¹ げきこうしろ²	gekikō seyo¹ gekikō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	激昂される	げきこうされる	gekikō sareru
Causative	激昂させる激昂さす	げきこうさせるげきこうさす	gekikō saseru gekikō sasu
Potential	激昂できる	げきこうできる	gekikō dekiru
Volitional	激昂しよう	げきこうしよう	gekikō shiyō
Negative	激昂しない	げきこうしない	gekikō shinai
Negative continuative	激昂せず	げきこうせず	gekikō sezu
Formal	激昂します	げきこうします	gekikō shimasu
Perfective	激昂した	げきこうした	gekikō shita
Conjunctive	激昂して	げきこうして	gekikō shite
Hypothetical conditional	激昂すれば	げきこうすれば	gekikō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“激^▲昂”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026