HSK 4 · Verbs

感觉 gǎnjué “feeling” in Chinese

Traditional 感覺

What 感觉 means

  1. feeling
  2. impression
  3. sensation
  4. to feel
  5. to perceive

How to say 感觉

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale感gǎn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale觉jué2nd tone, rising

感觉 in a sentence

  1. 你对新工作感觉怎么样？

    Nǐ duì xīn gōngzuò gǎnjué zěnmeyàng?

    How do you feel about the new job?

    Sentence #11837154 from Tatoeba

  2. 我也有一样的感觉。

    Wǒ yě yǒu yíyàng de gǎnjué.

    I feel the same way.

    Sentence #7774359 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我感觉你想告诉我什么事。

    Wǒ gǎnjué nǐ xiǎng gàosu wǒ shénme shì.

    I get the feeling you’re trying to tell me something.

    Sentence #2395020 from Tatoeba

How 感觉 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 感 (gǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
感gǎnto feel
  • 咸all · xián
  • 心heart · xīn

Memory aidHeart 心 with 咸 (xián) for the sound: to feel.

The character 觉 (jué) with each of its parts in a different colour
觉juéto feel
  • ⺍small form of 小 · xiǎoSound part
  • 冖cover · mì
  • 见to see · jiànMeaning part

见 hints at the meaning (to see); ⺍ (xiǎo) hints at the sound. Compare it with jué.

How to write 感觉

感 13 strokes · 觉 9 strokes

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感觉 (gǎnjué) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 感觉 (gǎnjué). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 感觉

Words with 感

感冒gǎnmào · catch cold感到gǎndào · to feel感兴趣gǎn xìngqù · be interested in感gǎn · (suffix) sense of …感谢gǎnxiè · (express) thanks感动gǎndòng · to be moved感情gǎnqíng · emotion感受gǎnshòu · to feel感想gǎnxiǎng · impressions感激gǎnjī · to be grateful

Words with 觉

睡觉shuìjiào · to sleep觉得juéde · to feel自觉zìjué · conscious嗅觉xiùjué · sense of smell知觉zhījué · perception发觉fājué · to discover觉悟juéwù · awareness觉醒juéxǐng · to awaken

More words: Thinking & Talking

打招呼dǎzhāohu · to say hello对话duìhuà · dialogue反对fǎnduì · to oppose敢gǎn · to dare感谢gǎnxiè · (express) thanks怀疑huáiyí · to doubt回忆huíyì · to recall建议jiànyì · to propose

FAQs

感觉 (gǎnjué) means “feeling” or “impression”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it gǎnjué: gǎn with a 3rd tone, then jué with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 感觉 is written 感覺. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ganjue with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 感觉 from the suggestions. Typing ganjue into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
感觉 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.