Chinese word dictionary

感激涕零

gǎn jī tì líng · to shed tears of gratitude (idiom); moved to tears

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Word information

Simplified感激涕零

Traditional感激涕零

Pinyingǎn jī tì líng

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

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

激jī

to arouse, to incite; acute, sharp; fierce, violent

涕tì

tears; mucus

零líng

zero; fragment, fraction

How to learn 感激涕零

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.

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Words with the same characters

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零líng

zero; nought; zero sign; fractional; fragmentary; odd (of numbers); (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one); fraction; (in mathematics) remainder (after division); extra; to wither and fall; to wither

冰激凌bīngjīlíng

ice cream

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

感gǎn

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