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兴奋点 (xīng fèn diǎn) — something that excites or attracts interest; a highlight or selling point; (rare, physiology) focus of excitation

Definition

兴奋点 is the 'thing that gets you excited' — a highlight, selling point, or shared interest that hooks someone's attention. Think of it as someone's personal hot button, not the physiological sense of neural excitation.

noun
something that excites or attracts interesta highlight or selling point(rare, physiology) focus of excitation

Examples

  • 兴奋点。
    Zhè ge yóu xì de xīng fèn diǎn shì tā de huà miàn hé yīn yuè.
    The highlight of this game is its graphics and music.
  • 兴奋点。
    Guǎng gào yào zhuā zhù xiāo fèi zhě de xīng fèn diǎn cái néng yǒu xiào.
    Advertisements need to capture consumers' points of interest to be effective.
  • ，兴奋点。
    Dà jiā liáo le bàn tiān, shǐ zhōng méi zhǎo dào gòng tóng de xīng fèn diǎn.
    After chatting for a long time, we still hadn't found a common point of excitement.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

兴奋excitement
兴xīngrise/excite奋fènrouse/excite
联合Coordinate
点diǎnpoint

兴奋 gives excitement, and 点 is a point, so the word names a point that excites or attracts interest.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 興; 兴 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 興 shows four hands lifting an object; the simplified 兴 is not the form described.

Open 兴 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 奮; 奋 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 奮 pairs 奞, a bird, with 田, a field, to show a bird spreading its wings to fly; the simplified 奋 is a later abbreviation.

Open 奋 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 點; 点 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
黑黑hēiblack
Sound part声符shēngfú
占
占zhàn點diǎn(r)
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 點 pairs 黑 (black) with 占 for its sound; the simplified 点 is a later abbreviation.

Open 点 →
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