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痛感 (tòng gǎn) — to keenly feel; to feel deeply

Definition

痛感 (tònggǎn) is a verb meaning to keenly or deeply feel something (often an emotion, pressure, or shortcoming), not a physical sense of pain. Closer in use to 体会 ('to experience, to appreciate') than to 感觉 ('to feel, sensation').

verb
to keenly feelto feel deeply

Examples

  • 痛感。
    Tā tòng gǎn zì jǐ de zhī shi bú gòu.
    He keenly feels that his knowledge is insufficient.
  • ，痛感。
    Zāi nàn zhī hòu, rén men tòng gǎn shēng mìng de cuì ruò.
    After the disaster, people keenly feel the fragility of life.
  • 痛感，。
    tòng gǎn Zé rèn zhòng dà, tā gèng jiā nǔ lì gōng zuò.
    Keenly feeling the great responsibility, he works even harder.

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.

痛tòngpain/painfully
感gǎnfeeling/sense

The pain in 痛 intensifies the feeling in 感, giving a keen sense of pain.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
疒疒nèillness
Sound part声符shēngfú
甬
甬yǒng痛tòng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The 疒 part means illness, and 甬 gives the sound; together they form 痛, meaning pain or hurt.

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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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