冲动 chōngdòng HSK5 impulsive Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 冲动 衝動 chōngdòng impulsive adjective To act on a sudden urge or be impetuous; to be too excited to exercise rational control. 他一时冲动买下了那座房子。 tā yīshí chōngdòng mǎi xià le nà zuò fángzi. He bought that house on the spur of the moment. 冲动的人似乎无法控制自己的直接反应，也无法在行动前思考。 chōngdòng de rén sìhū wúfǎ kòngzhì zìjǐ de zhíjiē fǎnyìng, yě wúfǎ zài xíngdòng qián sīkǎo. People who are impulsive seem unable to control their immediate reactions or think before they act. impulse noun A sudden urge or a state of excitement that leads to a particular action; an inner drive. 他们不会凭冲动行事。 tāmen bùhuì píng chōngdòng xíngshì. They don’t act on impulse. to provoke (literary) To tempt, entice, or provoke someone; to use one's appearance or behavior to stir another's emotions. to collide and scatter (archaic) To collide with and throw into confusion; to cause a group of people, such as an army, to break formation and flee. Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 20.9 per million appears in 9% of films Written text 24.8 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 5 Cross-References Antonym 冷静 lěngjìng抑制 yìzhì理智 lǐzhìSynonym 激动 jīdòng Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
冲动 衝動 chōngdòng impulsive adjective To act on a sudden urge or be impetuous; to be too excited to exercise rational control. 他一时冲动买下了那座房子。 tā yīshí chōngdòng mǎi xià le nà zuò fángzi. He bought that house on the spur of the moment. 冲动的人似乎无法控制自己的直接反应，也无法在行动前思考。 chōngdòng de rén sìhū wúfǎ kòngzhì zìjǐ de zhíjiē fǎnyìng, yě wúfǎ zài xíngdòng qián sīkǎo. People who are impulsive seem unable to control their immediate reactions or think before they act. impulse noun A sudden urge or a state of excitement that leads to a particular action; an inner drive. 他们不会凭冲动行事。 tāmen bùhuì píng chōngdòng xíngshì. They don’t act on impulse. to provoke (literary) To tempt, entice, or provoke someone; to use one's appearance or behavior to stir another's emotions. to collide and scatter (archaic) To collide with and throw into confusion; to cause a group of people, such as an army, to break formation and flee. Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 20.9 per million appears in 9% of films Written text 24.8 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 5 Cross-References Antonym 冷静 lěngjìng抑制 yìzhì理智 lǐzhìSynonym 激动 jīdòng Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
