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Arouse in Chinese

to arouse · HSK 4

引起 yǐn qǐ

  1. 引 yǐn to lead
  2. 起 qǐ to rise

这件事引起了大家的注意。 This matter caught everyone's attention.

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How do you say arouse in Chinese?

Arouse in Chinese is 引起 (yǐn qǐ). You can also say 激发 (jī fā), 发动 (fā dòng), 调动 (diào dòng).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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