HSK 5 · Verbs

感受 gǎnshòu “to feel” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 感受 means

  1. to feel
  2. to experience
  3. feeling
  4. to sense
  5. perception
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to feel (through the senses)
  • an impression

How to say 感受

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale受shòu4th tone, falling

感受 in a sentence

  1. 我知道你的感受。

    Wǒ zhīdao nǐ de gǎnshòu.

    I know how you feel.

    Sentence #10579621 from Tatoeba

  2. 最后，他们感受到了胜利的喜悦。

    Zuìhòu, tāmen gǎnshòu dào le shènglì de xǐyuè.

    In the end, they felt the joy of victory.

    Sentence #754093 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你能感受到不同之处吗？

    Nǐ néng gǎnshòu dào bùtóng zhī chù ma?

    Can you feel the difference?

    Sentence #6101461 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 感受 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 受 (shòu) with each of its parts in a different colour
受shòuto receive
  • 爫claw form of 爪 · zhǎo
  • 冖cover · mì
  • 又again · yòu

Memory aidOne hand 爫 passing something to another hand 又: to receive.

How to write 感受

感 13 strokes · 受 8 strokes

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

Words related to 感受

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感情gǎnqíng · emotion感想gǎnxiǎng · impressions感激gǎnjī · to be grateful

Words with 受

受shòu · to receive接受jiēshòu · to accept受到shòudào · to receive (praise难受nánshòu · to feel unwell受不了shòubùliǎo · unbearable受伤shòushāng · to be injured承受chéngshòu · to bear享受xiǎngshòu · to enjoy遭受zāoshòu · to suffer忍受rěnshòu · to bear

More words: Thinking & Talking

讽刺fěngcì · to satirise否定fǒudìng · to negate否认fǒurèn · to declare to be untrue概括gàikuò · to summarise感想gǎnxiǎng · impressions告别gàobié · to say goodbye公布gōngbù · to announce恭喜gōngxǐ · congratulations

FAQs

感受 (gǎnshòu) means “to feel” or “to experience”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it gǎnshòu: gǎn with a 3rd tone, then shòu with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 感受 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ganshou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 感受 from the suggestions. Typing ganshou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
感受 is an HSK 5 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.