兴奋 xīng fèn
“excited; excitement; (physiology) excitation”
verb, adjective, adjective / nounHSK 4 · 2021 list level 4Traditional 興奮
新HSK等级2025 HSK 3.0 syllabus level
兴奋 appears in the November 2025 exam syllabus in the following numbered entry. Levels refer to the listed reading and use, not every meaning.
- Entry 1825: 兴奋 xīngfèn — Level 4; official annotation 4 (形、动). PDF page 125
Separate from the HSK 2.0 and 2021 list labels above. Compare the three lists.
用法How to use 兴奋
兴奋 means “excited”: the lively, happy feeling you have when something good or important happens. It is usually used after 很/非常 to describe a person, or before 得 to show how excited someone is. A common pattern is 人 + 很兴奋 / 兴奋得 + verb, and 让人兴奋 for “make someone excited.”
例句Example sentences
- 听到明天去公园，孩子们都很兴奋。tīng dào míng tiān qù gōng yuán, hái zi men dōu hěn xīng fèn.Hearing that they will go to the park tomorrow, the children are all very excited.
- 他兴奋得睡不着觉。tā xīng fèn de shuì bù zhe jué.He was so excited that he could not sleep.
- 她兴奋地告诉我，她找到工作了。tā xīng fèn de gào su wǒ, tā zhǎo dào gōng zuò le.She excitedly told me that she had found a job.
常见错误Common mistakes
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✗这个消息很兴奋我。
✓这个消息让我很兴奋。
兴奋 does not take a person as its object; use 让/使 + person + 兴奋 to say something makes someone excited.