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感激

感激

Chinese

		to feel; to move; to touch to feel; to move; to touch; to affect	to arouse; to incite; to excite to arouse; to incite; to excite; to stimulate; sharp; fierce; violent
simp. and trad. (感激)		感	激

Verb

感激

to appreciate; be grateful; be indebted; be thankful
- 奴才替天下百姓感激皇太后恩典！ [MSC, trad. and simp.]
  
  From: The Firmament of the Pleiades
  
  Núcái tì tiānxià bǎixìng gǎnjī huángtàihòu ēndiǎn! [Pinyin]
  
  I, on behalf of the people throughout the world, [hereby] express my gratitude for the kindness of the empress dowager!

Derived terms

感激不盡／感激不尽 (gǎnjībùjìn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
感	激
かん Grade: 3	げき Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

On'yomi
IPA^(key): [kã̠ŋɡ̃e̞kʲi]

Noun

感激 ‎(hiragana かんげき, romaji kangeki)

deep emotion

Verb

感激する ‎(intransitive, hiragana かんげきする, romaji kangeki suru)

to be moved, to be touched (emotionally)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "感激する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	感激し	かんげきし	kangeki shi
Continuative (連用形)	感激し	かんげきし	kangeki shi
Terminal (終止形)	感激する	かんげきする	kangeki suru
Attributive (連体形)	感激する	かんげきする	kangeki suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	感激すれ	かんげきすれ	kangeki sure
Imperative (命令形)	感激せよ¹ 感激しろ²	かんげきせよ¹ かんげきしろ²	kangeki seyo¹ kangeki shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	感激される	かんげきされる	kangeki sareru
Causative	感激させる感激さす	かんげきさせるかんげきさす	kangeki saseru kangeki sasu
Potential	感激できる	かんげきできる	kangeki dekiru
Volitional	感激しよう	かんげきしよう	kangeki shiyō
Negative	感激しない	かんげきしない	kangeki shinai
Negative continuative	感激せず	かんげきせず	kangeki sezu
Formal	感激します	かんげきします	kangeki shimasu
Perfective	感激した	かんげきした	kangeki shita
Conjunctive	感激して	かんげきして	kangeki shite
Hypothetical conditional	感激すれば	かんげきすれば	kangeki sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
感	激

Noun

感激 • ‎(gamgyeok) ‎(hangeul 감격)

Hanja form^? of 감격, “deep emotion”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): gǎnjī

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄢˇ ㄐㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gam² gik¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kám-kit
Min Nan (POJ): kám-kiak / kám-kek

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: gǎnjī
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄢˇ ㄐㄧ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaanji
  - IPA ^(key): /ka̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam² gik¹
  - Yale: gám gīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam² gik⁷
  - IPA ^(key): /kɐm³⁵ kɪk̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kám-kit
  - Hakka Romanization System: gam` gid`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gam³ gid⁵
  - IPA: /kam³¹ kit̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kám-kiak
  - Tâi-lô: kám-kiak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kafmkiag
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiak̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kám-kek
  - Tâi-lô: kám-kik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kafmkeg
  - IPA (Taipei): /kam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiɪk̚³²/