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gǎn

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gǎn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gǎn | gan3
English translation
to feel
to move
to touch
to affect
feeling
emotion
(suffix) sense of ~
to affect, to move, to touch; to perceive, to sense

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About gǎn

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

gǎn

Contains the radical

xīn

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

Two hearts  xīn beating together  Xián

Etymology of gǎn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

咸心

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xīn represents the meaning and Xián represents the sound.

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Example sentences using gǎn

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OEA发出 fā chū 饥饿 jīè 抑制 yì zhì 信息 xìnxī dào 大脑 dà nǎo ,增加 zēngjiā bǎo zhàng gǎn .

OEA sends hunger - curbing messages to the brain to increase feelings of fullness.

天花板 tiān huā bǎn Gāo gěi rén zhǒng 通风 tōng fēng 宽敞 kuānchang de 感觉 gǎnjué .

A high ceiling gives a feeling of airness and spaciousness.

这个 zhè ge 时候 shíhou 感到 gǎn dào yòu yòu 饿 è .

By this time he felt both thirsty a hungry.

biē zài 心里 xīn li 一股热烈 rèliè de 情感 qíng gǎn 尽量 jǐnliàng de 倾吐 qīng tǔ 出来 chū lái .

I lavished all the warmth of my pent - up passion.

hěn jiǔ 之后 zhī hòu de 感冒 gǎnmào cái hǎo .

It took him a long time to get over his cold.

Words with gǎn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
感觉 gǎnjué to feel感覺
感谢 gǎnxiè gratitude感謝
感到 gǎn dào to feel感到 gǎn dào
gǎn to feel gǎn
感情 gǎnqíng emotion感情 gǎnqíng
感受 gǎnshòu to sense感受 gǎnshòu
性感 xìnggǎn sex appeal性感 xìnggǎn
感染 gǎnrǎn infection感染 gǎnrǎn
感动 gǎndòng to move (sb)感動
感激 gǎnjī to be grateful感激 gǎnjī
情感 qíng gǎn feeling情感 qíng gǎn
感冒 gǎnmào to catch cold感冒 gǎnmào
敏感 mǐngǎn sensitive敏感 mǐngǎn
流感 liú gǎn flu流感 liú gǎn
灵感 línggǎn inspiration靈感
感觉到 gǎn jué dào to feel感覺到
感恩 gǎn ēn to be grateful感恩 gǎn ēn
感恩节 Gǎn ēn jié Thanksgiving Day感恩節
感兴趣 gǎnxìngqù to be interested感興趣
安全感 ān quán gǎn sense of security安全感 ān quán gǎn
感人 gǎn rén touching感人 gǎn rén
感慨 gǎnkǎi rueful感慨 gǎnkǎi
预感 yù gǎn premonition預感
伤感 shāng gǎn sad傷感
感应 gǎn yìng response感應

gǎn Decomposition & Compounds

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gǎn Decomposition

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gǎn Compounds

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