同感 (tóng gǎn) — same feeling; shared sentiment | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

同感 names the feeling of agreeing with or sharing someone else's emotion or view — closer to 'I feel the same' than a neutral 'same feeling'. Often used as an object of 有 or 表达 to react to what another person said.

noun

same feelingshared sentiment

Examples

同感。
Wǒ duì nǐ de chǔ jìng shēn yǒu tóng gǎn.
I deeply share your feelings about your situation.
，同感。
Shuō dào zhè jiàn shì, dà jiā dōu yǒu tóng gǎn.
When it comes to this matter, everyone feels the same way.
同感，。
Tā biǎo dá le wǒ de tóng gǎn, wǒ hěn gǎn dòng.
He expressed what I felt, and I was very moved.

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.

感gǎnfeeling

「同」means same and 「感」means feeling, giving the idea of a shared sentiment.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

同 originally drew a pipe. It is the old form of 筒.

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

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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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9 Emotions & Feelings

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