HSK 5 · Verbs

感想 gǎnxiǎng “impressions” in Chinese

Said as gánxiǎng

Same in Traditional

What 感想 means

  1. impressions
  2. reflections
  3. thoughts

Measure word 通 tòng or 个 gè · 一通感想 yí tòng gǎnxiǎng

How to say 感想

  • 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 third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale想xiǎng3rd tone, dipping

Said as gánxiǎng. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. How tone changes work

感想 in a sentence

  1. 你对这一切有什么感想？

    Nǐ duì zhè yíqiè yǒu shénme gǎnxiǎng?

    What are your thoughts on all this?

    Sentence #13880546 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 感想 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 想 (xiǎng) with each of its parts in a different colour
想xiǎngto think
  • 相mutual · xiāngSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 相 (xiāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiǎng.

Memory aid相 means to look at closely. Add the heart 心 and you picture something in your mind: to think.

How to write 感想

感 13 strokes · 想 13 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 感想

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感受gǎnshòu · to feel感激gǎnjī · to be grateful

Words with 想

想xiǎng · to want想到xiǎngdào · to think of理想lǐxiǎng · an ideal幻想huànxiǎng · to fantasise思想sīxiǎng · thought想念xiǎngniàn · to miss想象xiǎngxiàng · to imagine梦想mèngxiǎng · dream空想kōngxiǎng · fantasy联想liánxiǎng · to associate (ideas)

More words: Thinking & Talking

否定fǒudìng · to negate否认fǒurèn · to declare to be untrue概括gàikuò · to summarise感受gǎnshòu · to feel告别gàobié · to say goodbye公布gōngbù · to announce恭喜gōngxǐ · congratulations沟通gōutōng · to communicate

FAQs

感想 (gǎnxiǎng) means “impressions” or “reflections”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it gǎnxiǎng: gǎn with a 3rd tone, then xiǎng with a 3rd tone. In speech it sounds like gánxiǎng. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 感想 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 通 (tòng) or 个 (gè). For example, one impressions is 一通感想 (yí tòng gǎnxiǎng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ganxiang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 感想 from the suggestions. Typing ganxiang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
感想 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.