Chinese word dictionary

感受

gǎnshòu · to sense; perception; to feel (through the senses); to experience; a feeling; an impression; an experience

Practice word

Word information

Simplified感受

Traditional感受

Pinyingǎnshòu

Part of speech动、名

HSK 3.04

HSK 2.05

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

感gǎn

to affect, to move, to touch; to perceive, to sense

受shòu

to receive, to get, to accept; to bear

How to learn 感受

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

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Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

感兴趣gǎnxìngqù

to be interested

感到gǎndào

to feel; to sense; to perceive

感冒gǎnmào

to catch cold; (common) cold; CL:場|场[chang2],次[ci4]; (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative); (Tw) to detest; can't stand

受shòu

to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker); (LGBT) bottom

受到shòudào

to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)

感gǎn

to feel; to move; to touch; to affect; feeling; emotion; (suffix) sense of ~