HSK 4 · Verbs

感谢 gǎnxiè “(express) thanks” in Chinese

Traditional 感謝

What 感谢 means

  1. (express) thanks
  2. gratitude
  3. to thank
  4. to be grateful

How to say 感谢

  • 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谢xiè4th tone, falling

感谢 in a sentence

  1. 感谢你们两位。

    Gǎnxiè nǐmen liǎng wèi.

    Thank you both.

    Sentence #4900940 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 感谢你请我来参加派对。

    Gǎnxiè nǐ qǐng wǒ lái cānjiā pàiduì.

    Thank you for inviting me to the party.

    Sentence #343965 from Tatoeba

  3. 我无法表达我对你的感谢。

    Wǒ wúfǎ biǎodá wǒ duì nǐ de gǎnxiè.

    I can’t thank you enough.

    Sentence #836577 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 感谢 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 谢 (xiè) with each of its parts in a different colour
谢xièto thank
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 射to shoot · shèSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 射 (shè) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiè.

How to write 感谢

感 13 strokes · 谢 12 strokes

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

Words related to 感谢

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 谢

谢谢xièxie · thank you谢绝xièjué · to politely decline新陈代谢xīnchéndàixiè · metabolism

More words: Thinking & Talking

对话duìhuà · dialogue反对fǎnduì · to oppose敢gǎn · to dare感觉gǎnjué · feeling怀疑huáiyí · to doubt回忆huíyì · to recall建议jiànyì · to propose计划jìhuà · plan

FAQs

感谢 (gǎnxiè) means “(express) thanks” or “gratitude”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it gǎnxiè: gǎn with a 3rd tone, then xiè with a 4th 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, 感谢 is written 感謝. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ganxie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 感谢 from the suggestions. Typing ganxie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
感谢 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.