负罪感 (fù zuì gǎn) — sense of guilt, guilt feeling

Definition

noun

sense of guiltguilt feeling

负罪感。
Tā yīn wèi zuò le cuò shì ér gǎn dào hěn fù zuì gǎn.
He felt a strong sense of guilt because of doing something wrong.
负罪感。
Zhè zhǒng fù zuì gǎn ràng tā wú fǎ shuì zháo.
This sense of guilt made him unable to fall asleep.
，负罪感。
Nǐ yào xiàng péng you dào qiàn, zhè yàng néng jiǎn shǎo nǐ de fù zuì gǎn.
You should apologize to your friend; this can reduce your sense of guilt.

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.

负罪bear guilt

动宾Verb + object

负罪 suggests bearing guilt and 感 suggests a feeling, giving a sense of guilt.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 負; 负 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 負 combines 人 (person) and 貝 (cowry), with 人 written as ⺈; the simplified 负 is a later abbreviation.

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

罒非罪

罪 puts 罒 (a net, written fully as 网) over 非 (mistake).

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

咸心感

Meaning part形符xíngfú

心心xīnheart

Sound part声符shēngfú

咸

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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