激 动

jīdòng

adjectiveverbHSK 4

“To move emotionally” in Chinese is 激动 (jīdòng).

Meaning

to move emotionally
to stir up (emotions)
to excite

Example

我很激动。

I'm so excited.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

jīHSK 416 strokesto arouse dòngHSK 16 strokes(of sth) to move

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Not to be confused with: 机动 (jīdòng, locomotive)