HSK 4 · Emotions

感情 gǎnqíng “emotion” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 感情 means

  1. emotion
  2. sentiment
  3. affection
  4. feelings between two persons

How to say 感情

  • 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情qíng2nd tone, rising

感情 in a sentence

  1. 我很抱歉伤害了你的感情。

    Wǒ hěn bàoqiàn shānghài le nǐ de gǎnqíng.

    I’m so sorry I hurt your feelings.

    Sentence #8631836 from Tatoeba

  2. 我难以用言语表达我的感情。

    Wǒ nányǐ yòng yányǔ biǎodá wǒ de gǎnqíng.

    I find it hard to express my feelings in words.

    Sentence #332491 from Tatoeba

  3. 人人都知道他对那狗的感情。

    Rénrén dōu zhīdao tā duì nà gǒu de gǎnqíng.

    Everyone knows of his affection for that dog.

    Sentence #5856776 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 感情 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 情 (qíng) with each of its parts in a different colour
情qíngfeelings; emotion; sentiment; passion
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīnMeaning part
  • 青blue-green · qīngSound part

忄 hints at the meaning (heart); 青 (qīng) hints at the sound. Compare it with qíng.

How to write 感情

感 13 strokes · 情 11 strokes

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

Words related to 感情

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 …感觉gǎnjué · feeling感谢gǎnxiè · (express) thanks感动gǎndòng · to be moved感受gǎnshòu · to feel感想gǎnxiǎng · impressions感激gǎnjī · to be grateful

Words with 情

事情shìqing · matter热情rèqíng · cordial爱情àiqíng · romance同情tóngqíng · to sympathise with心情xīnqíng · mood情况qíngkuàng · circumstances表情biǎoqíng · (facial) expression情绪qíngxù · mood情景qíngjǐng · scene激情jīqíng · passion

More words: Emotions & Feelings

吃惊chījīng · to be startled得意déyì · proud of oneself烦恼fánnǎo · to be worried感动gǎndòng · to be moved害羞hàixiū · shy后悔hòuhuǐ · to regret激动jīdòng · excited骄傲jiāo'ào · proud

FAQs

感情 (gǎnqíng) means “emotion” or “sentiment”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it gǎnqíng: gǎn with a 3rd tone, then qíng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 感情 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ganqing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 感情 from the suggestions. Typing ganqing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
感情 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.