观感 (guān gǎn) — (noun) one's impressions (after viewing or experiencing something); (noun) observations; what one notices and thinks about something

Definition

观感 refers specifically to impressions formed AFTER viewing or experiencing something (a film, place, event). Closer to 感想 than to 观点 ('stated viewpoint/argument') or 感受 ('feelings' from direct involvement).

noun
one's impressions (after viewing or experiencing something)observationswhat one notices and thinks about something

Examples

  • 观感。
    Dà jiā duì zhè bù diàn yǐng de guān gǎn dōu hěn bú cuò.
    Everyone's impressions of this movie are quite good.
  • 观感,。
    Tā de guān gǎn hěn mǐn ruì, zǒng néng fā xiàn bié rén hū lüè de xì jié.
    His observations are very sharp; he always notices details that others overlook.
  • ,观感。
    Huí guó zhī hòu, tā xiě le yì piān guān yú zhè ge guó jiā de guān gǎn.
    After returning home, he wrote an article about his impressions of this country.

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.

观guānviewing
感gǎnfeeling

观 points to viewing and 感 to feeling, so the word names the impression left by what one sees.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 觀; 观 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
見見jiànsee
Sound part声符shēngfú
雚
雚guàn觀guān
Same sound today

The traditional form 觀 uses 見 (see) for meaning and 雚 for sound.

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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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