# 興奮
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xīngfèn
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥ ㄈㄣˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hing$^1$ fan$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hèng-hùn / heng-hùn
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xīngfèn
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥ ㄈㄣˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: singfèn
*** Wade–Giles: hsing$^1$-fên$^4$
*** Yale: syīng-fèn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shingfenn
*** Palladius: синфэнь (sinfɛnʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕiŋ⁵⁵ fən⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hing$^1$ fan$^5$
*** Yale: hīng fáhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hing$^1$ fan$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hing$^1$ fen$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɪŋ⁵⁵ fɐn¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hèng-hùn
*** Tâi-lô: hìng-hùn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: heanghuxn
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hun⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: heng-hùn
*** Tâi-lô: hing-hùn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: henghuxn
*** IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hun¹¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² hun²¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ hun²¹/

### Adjective

興奮
* excited
       Wǒ qù tā jiā de shíhòu, xīnqíng zǒngshì xīngfèn hé dānyōu gèbàn. [Pinyin]
       When I go to his place I always feel excited and worried in equal measure.

#### Synonyms

* 情緒化／情绪化 (qíngxùhuà)
* 激動／激动 (jīdòng)

### Verb

興奮
* to excite; to stimulate

#### Synonyms

* 刺激 (cìjī)
* 搞活 (gǎohuó)

### Noun

興奮
* (biology, physiology) stimulation; excitation

### Derived terms

* 興奮劑／兴奋剂 (xīngfènjì)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 興 | 奮 |
| こう Grade: 5 | ふん Grade: 6 |
| on'yomi ||
* Alternative spellings
* 昂奮 亢奮

### Etymology

kaupun → kauɸun → koːɸun.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) こーふん [kòófúń] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ko̞ːɸɯ̟̃ɴ]

### Noun

興(こう)奮(ふん) • (kōfun)
* excitement, stimulation, agitation, arousal
    性的(せいてき)興奮(こうふん)
       seiteki kōfun
       sexual arousal

#### Derived terms

* 興奮剤(こうふんざい) (kōfunzai, “stimulant”)
* 興奮性細胞(こうふんせいさいぼう) (kōfunsei saibō, “excitable cell”)

### Verb

興(こう)奮(ふん)する • (kōfun suru) suru (stem 興(こう)奮(ふん)し (kōfun shi), past 興(こう)奮(ふん)した (kōfun shita))
* be excited, be stimulated, be agitated, be aroused

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 興奮し | こうふんし | kōfun shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 興奮し | こうふんし | kōfun shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 興奮する | こうふんする | kōfun suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 興奮する | こうふんする | kōfun suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 興奮すれ | こうふんすれ | kōfun sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 興奮せよ¹ 興奮しろ² | こうふんせよ¹ こうふんしろ² | kōfun seyo¹ kōfun shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 興奮される | こうふんされる | kōfun sareru |
| Causative | 興奮させる 興奮さす | こうふんさせる こうふんさす | kōfun saseru kōfun sasu |
| Potential | 興奮できる | こうふんできる | kōfun dekiru |
| Volitional | 興奮しよう | こうふんしよう | kōfun shiyō |
| Negative | 興奮しない | こうふんしない | kōfun shinai |
| Negative continuative | 興奮せず | こうふんせず | kōfun sezu |
| Formal | 興奮します | こうふんします | kōfun shimasu |
| Perfective | 興奮した | こうふんした | kōfun shita |
| Conjunctive | 興奮して | こうふんして | kōfun shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 興奮すれば | こうふんすれば | kōfun sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 興 | 奮 |

### Noun

興奮 • (heungbun) (hangeul 흥분)
* hanja form of 흥분 (“excitement”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 興 | 奮 |

### Adjective

興奮
* chữ Hán form of hưng phấn (“excited; aroused”).