冲动
chōng​dòng HSK5

impetuous

冲动 (衝動) chōng​dòng
impetuous adjective
acting or done quickly and without thought; rash

别太冲动，先冷静一下。

bié tài chōng​dòng, xiān lěng​jìng yī​xià.

Don't be so impulsive; calm down first.

impulse adjective
a sudden strong desire to act or an urge

他抑制不住内心的冲动。

tā yì​zhì bù zhù nèi​xīn de chōng​dòng.

He couldn't restrain his inner impulse.

nerve impulse verb
in biology/physiology, an electrical signal that travels along a nerve fiber

传出神经负责将冲动传向肌肉。

chuán​chū shén​jīng fù​zé jiāng chōng​dòng chuán xiàng jī​ròu.

Efferent nerves are responsible for transmitting impulses to the muscles.

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

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICTAI-generated definitions
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)