感激

Chinese

		to feel; to move; to touch to feel; to move; to touch; to affect	to arouse; to incite; to excite to arouse; to incite; to excite; to stimulate; sharp; fierce; violent
trad. (感激)		感	激
simp. #(感激)		感	激

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǎnjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢˇ ㄐㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam² gik¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kám-kit
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kám-kiak / kám-kek

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gam² gêg⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎnjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢˇ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎnji
    • Wade–Giles: kan³-chi¹
    • Yale: gǎn-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaanji
    • Palladius: ганьцзи (ganʹczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam² gik¹
    • Yale: gám gīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam² gik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem² gig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm³⁵ kɪk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kám-kit
    • Hakka Romanization System: gam` gid`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gam³ gid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /kam³¹ kit̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kám-kiak
    • Tâi-lô: kám-kiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kafmkiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kám-kek
    • Tâi-lô: kám-kik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kafmkeg
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɪk̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gam² gêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kám kek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kam⁵²⁻³⁵ kek̚²/

Verb

感激

1. to appreciate; be grateful; be indebted; be thankful

   • 奴才替天下百姓感激皇太后恩典！ [MSC, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Firmament of the Pleiades

     Núcái tì tiānxià bǎixìng gǎnjī huángtàihòu ēndiǎn! [Pinyin]

     I, on behalf of the people throughout the world, [hereby] express my gratitude for the kindness of the empress dowager!

Synonyms

• 多謝／多谢 (duōxiè)
• 感恩 (gǎn'ēn)
• 感謝／感谢 (gǎnxiè)
• 知感 (Dungan, chiefly religion)
• 謝謝／谢谢 (xièxie)

 

Derived terms

• 感激不盡／感激不尽 (gǎnjībùjìn)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
感	激
かん Grade: 3	げき Grade: 6
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かんげき [kàńgékí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kã̠ŋɡe̞kʲi]

Noun

感(かん)激(げき) • (kangeki) 

1. deep emotion

   感激(かんげき)の極(きわ)み

   kangeki no kiwami

   being greatly moved

Verb

感(かん)激(げき)する • (kangeki suru) intransitive suru (stem 感(かん)激(げき)し (kangeki shi), past 感(かん)激(げき)した (kangeki shita))

1. to be moved, to be touched (emotionally)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "感激する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	感激し	かんげきし	kangeki shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	感激し	かんげきし	kangeki shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	感激する	かんげきする	kangeki suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	感激する	かんげきする	kangeki suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	感激すれ	かんげきすれ	kangeki sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	感激せよ¹ 感激しろ²	かんげきせよ¹ かんげきしろ²	kangeki seyo¹ kangeki shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	感激される	かんげきされる	kangeki sareru
Causative	感激させる 感激さす	かんげきさせる かんげきさす	kangeki saseru kangeki sasu
Potential	感激できる	かんげきできる	kangeki dekiru
Volitional	感激しよう	かんげきしよう	kangeki shiyō
Negative	感激しない	かんげきしない	kangeki shinai
Negative continuative	感激せず	かんげきせず	kangeki sezu
Formal	感激します	かんげきします	kangeki shimasu
Perfective	感激した	かんげきした	kangeki shita
Conjunctive	感激して	かんげきして	kangeki shite
Hypothetical conditional	感激すれば	かんげきすれば	kangeki sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
感	激

Noun

感激 • (gamgyeok) (hangeul 감격)

1. Hanja form^? of 감격 (“deep emotion”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
感	激

Verb

感激

1. chữ Hán form of cảm kích (“to be touched; to be moved; to appreciate”).