起勁 [－劲]

Jyutping hei2 ging3
Pinyin qǐ jìng

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adj
    energetic; enthusiastic
    (syn.) 来劲, 带劲, 來勁, 帶勁, 有勁, 有劲, 上劲, 上勁

起勁 [－劲]

Jyutping hei2 ging3
Pinyin qǐ jìn

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. energetic; vigorous; enthusiastic
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 形容詞
    有​活力​噉​；​好​狂熱​噉​，​包含​興​奮​嘅​意思​，​想將​做​緊​嘅​嘢​一直​持續​落去
    energetic; enthusiastic
    • 個歌星越唱越起勁。
      个歌星越唱越起劲。
      go3 go1 sing1 jyut6 coeng3 jyut6 hei2 ging3.
      The singer sings more and more energetically.
    • 黎生佢越做越起勁，唔想收工。
      黎生佢越做越起劲，唔想收工。
      lai4 saang1 keoi5 jyut6 zou6 jyut6 hei2 ging3, m4 soeng2 sau1 gung1.
      Mr Lai is enthusiastic to work, and even doesn't want to get off work.
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #3209
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    大家干得正起劲，你千万不能泼冷水。
    大家幹得正起勁，你千萬不能潑冷水。
    dà jiā gàn dé zhèng qǐ jìn ， nǐ qiān wàn bù néng pō lěng shuǐ 。
    • Everyone is working excitedly, you must not ruin that energy.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    个歌星越唱越起劲。
    個歌星越唱越起勁。
    go3 go1 sing1 jyut6 coeng3 jyut6 hei2 ging3.
    • The singer sings more and more energetically.
  2. Cantonese
    黎生佢越做越起劲，唔想收工。
    黎生佢越做越起勁，唔想收工。
    lai4 saang1 keoi5 jyut6 zou6 jyut6 hei2 ging3, m4 soeng2 sau1 gung1.
    • Mr Lai is enthusiastic to work, and even doesn't want to get off work.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    农民生产很起劲，虽然去年的水旱风灾比过去几年中哪一年都大，但是全国的粮食仍然增产。
    農民生產很起勁，雖然去年的水旱風災比過去幾年中哪一年都大，但是全國的糧食仍然增產。
    nóng mín shēng chǎn hěn qǐ jìn ， suī rán qù nián de shuǐ hàn fēng zāi bǐ guò qù jǐ nián zhōng nǎ yī nián dōu dà ， dàn shì quán guó de liáng shí réng rán zēng chǎn ．
    • The peasants are working with a will, and last year there was an increase in the country's grain output despite the worst floods, droughts and gales in years.