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觉着 (jué zhe) — to feel, to think, to have the impression that

Definition

觉着 (jué zhe) is the colloquial, spoken form of 觉得 — it has exactly the same meaning but sounds more casual and less formal. Use it in everyday talk to say how something feels or what you think.

verb
to feelto thinkto have the impression that

Examples

  • 觉着。
    Wǒ jué zhe tā jīn tiān bú tài gāo xìng.
    I feel that he's not very happy today.
  • 觉着？
    Nǐ jué zhe zhè ge fāng àn zěn me yàng?
    What do you think of this plan?
  • 觉着。
    Dà jiā dōu jué zhe zhè yàng zuò bú tài hé shì.
    Everyone feels that doing it this way isn't quite appropriate.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

觉juéfeel
着zheneutral

觉 gives the sense of feeling or realizing; 着 is a light spoken form that makes it colloquial.

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 覺; 觉 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
見見jiànsee
Sound part声符shēngfú
𦥯
𦥯𦥯覺jué
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 覺 pairs 見, a part that means see, with 𦥯, a part that gives the sound; simplified 觉 is a later abbreviation.

Open 觉 →

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 著; 着 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
艸艸cǎograss; plant
Sound part声符shēngfú
者
者zhě著zháo
Same sound today

The traditional form 著 puts 艸 (grass; plant) above 者, which gives the sound; the simplified 着 is a later shorthand.

Open 着 →
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