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好感 (hǎo gǎn) — favorable impression, good opinion

Definition

好感 is the personal feeling of 'liking' or having a good impression of someone — internal, private. 好评 is a public written review, not a feeling.

noun
favorable impressiongood opinion

Examples

  • 好感。
    Wǒ duì tā hěn yǒu hǎo gǎn.
    I have a good impression of her.
  • ，。
    Dì yī cì jiàn miàn, tā jiù duì tā chǎn shēng le hǎo hǎo gǎn.
    At the first meeting, he developed a favorable impression of her.
  • 好感，。
    Tā duì tā hěn yǒu hǎo gǎn, jīng cháng yuē tā chū qù.
    He has a good impression of her and often asks her out.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

好hǎogood
感gǎnfeeling

好 'good' and 感 'feeling' together mean a favorable impression.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

好 joins 女 (woman) and 子 (child), understood as a woman with a child, linked to goodness or affection.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
心心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
咸
咸xián感gǎn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

感 pairs 咸, which gives the sound, with 心, the heart, for feeling.

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Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 6Attitudes & OpinionsEmotions & Feelings

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