衝動

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See also: 冲动

Chinese

		of great force; towards; dash against	to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act
trad. (衝動)		衝	動
simp. (冲动)		冲	动

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chōngdòng

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥㄉㄨㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cung¹ dung⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhûng-thung
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhiong-tǒng / chhiong-tōng

(Teochew, Peng'im): cong¹ dong⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chōngdòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥㄉㄨㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chongdòng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻung¹-tung⁴
  - Yale: chūng-dùng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chongdonq
  - Palladius: чундун (čundun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cung¹ dung⁶
  - Yale: chūng duhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsung¹ dung⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: cung¹ dung⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵ tʊŋ²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhûng-thung
  - Hakka Romanization System: cung´ tung
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cung¹ tung⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰuŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰuŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiong-tǒng
  - Tâi-lô: tshiong-tǒng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɔŋ³³ tɔŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiong-tōng
  - Tâi-lô: tshiong-tōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiongdong
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tɔŋ²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cong¹ dong⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshong tŏng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰoŋ³³⁻²³ toŋ³⁵/

Verb

衝動

to get excited; to act on impulse; to become impetuous

Synonyms

受刺激 (shòu cìjī)
激動／激动 (jīdòng)
震 (literary, or in compounds)
震動／震动 (zhèndòng) (literary)

Noun

衝動

urge; impulse; impetuousness

Derived terms

性衝動／性冲动 (xìngchōngdòng)
神經衝動／神经冲动 (shénjīng chōngdòng)

Adjective

衝動

impulsive; impetuous

Synonyms

容易 (literary)
急躁 (jízào)
操切 (cāoqiè) (formal)
苟且 (gǒuqiě)
草率 (cǎoshuài)
輕易／轻易 (qīngyì) (literary)
輕率／轻率 (qīngshuài)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
衝	動
しょう Grade: S	どう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しょーどー (Heiban – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

衝(しょう)動(どう) • (shōdō)

impulse
衝(しょう)動(どう)に駆(か)られる
shōdō ni karareru
be driven by an impulse

衝(しょう)動(どう)的(てき)に
shōdōteki ni
impulsively; on the spur of the moment

衝(しょう)動(どう)を抑(おさ)える
shōdō o osaeru
resist an impulse
impetus
urge

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