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感觉感覺 gǎnjué — to feel, to sense; a feeling, a sensation

gǎnjué (third tone, dipping)gan3jue2

Traditional: 感覺

to feel, to sense; a feeling, a sensation

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Meanings

  1. to feel, to sense; a feeling, a sensation

    觉, to perceive, the same character inside 觉得 — but where 觉得 leads to an opinion you could argue for, 感觉 stays with the raw impression underneath it: a smell, a texture, an unease with no clear reason yet. As a noun it names that impression directly: 一种奇怪的感觉, a strange feeling.

    verb

Character breakdown

  • 觉覺
    jué (second tone, rising) jiào (fourth tone, falling)

    (jué) to feel, to sense; to become aware, to realise; (jiào) sleep, a spell of sleeping

    9 strokes⿳⺍冖见Radical 見

Example sentences

  • 我感觉今天比昨天冷。我感覺今天比昨天冷。Wǒ (third tone, dipping) gǎnjué (third tone, dipping) jīntiān (first tone, high and level) bǐ (third tone, dipping) zuótiān (second tone, rising) lěng. (third tone, dipping)···

    I feel today is colder than yesterday.

  • 看到这张照片，我有一种奇怪的感觉。看到這張照片，我有一種奇怪的感覺。Kàndào (fourth tone, falling) zhè (fourth tone, falling) zhāng (first tone, high and level) zhàopiàn, (fourth tone, falling) wǒ (third tone, dipping) yǒu (third tone, dipping) yì (fourth tone, falling) zhǒng (third tone, dipping) qíguài (second tone, rising) de (neutral tone) gǎnjué. (third tone, dipping)···

    Seeing this photo, I had a strange feeling.

Common mistakes

  • Not quite我感觉这个办法不对，因为……

    Correct我觉得这个办法不对，因为……

    A reasoned opinion you could defend with 因为 calls for 觉得. 感觉 is for what you sense before you can argue it — a mood, a hunch, a physical impression.

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