感動

See also: 感动

Chinese

		to feel; to move; to touch to feel; to move; to touch; to affect	to move; to change; to use to move; to change; to use; to act
trad. (感動)		感	動
simp. (感动)		感	动
anagram		動感／动感

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from "感於物而動"?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǎndòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gam² dung⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): gam² uung⁵

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kám-thung

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gam³ tung⁴

• Eastern Min (BUC): gāng-dông
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kám-tǒng / kám-tōng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gam² dong⁶

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵koe-don

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎndòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢˇ ㄉㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎndòng
    • Wade–Giles: kan³-tung⁴
    • Yale: gǎn-dùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaandonq
    • Palladius: ганьдун (ganʹdun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam² dung⁶
    • Yale: gám duhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam² dung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem² dung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm³⁵ tʊŋ²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: gam² uung⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kam⁵⁵ ɵŋ³²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kám-thung
    • Hakka Romanization System: gam` tung
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gam³ tung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kam³¹ tʰuŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gam³ tung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kam³¹ tʰʊŋ⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gāng-dông
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ³³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t-)nouŋ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kám-tǒng
    • Tâi-lô: kám-tǒng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kám-tōng
    • Tâi-lô: kám-tōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kafmdong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gam² dong⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kám tŏng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kam⁵²⁻³⁵ toŋ³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵koe-don
    • MiniDict: koe^去 don
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²koe-don
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kø³³ doŋ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: komX duwngX

Rime
Character	感	動
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)	東 (1)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	古禫切	徒揔切
Baxter	komX	duwngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʌmX/	/duŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/kəmX/	/duŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/kɒmX/	/duŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəmX/	/dəwŋX/
Li Rong	/kᴀmX/	/duŋX/
Wang Li	/kɒmX/	/duŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kămX/	/dʱuŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gǎn	dòng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gam2	dung6

Verb

感動

1. (ergative) to move; to touch (emotionally)

Synonyms

• (transitive only) 打動／打动 (dǎdòng)
• (Hong Kong Cantonese, humorous) 滾動／滚动 (gwan² dung⁶)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 感動 – see 撼動 (“to shake up; to shake; to stir”). (This term is an obsolete form of 撼動).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
感	動
かん Grade: 3	どう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かんどー [kàńdóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [kã̠ndo̞ː]

Noun

感(かん)動(どう) • (kandō) 

1. sensation; touching by heart; moving by heart

Verb

感(かん)動(どう)する • (kandō suru) intransitive suru (stem 感(かん)動(どう)し (kandō shi), past 感(かん)動(どう)した (kandō shita))

1. to be impressed, to be moved

Conjugation

Conjugation of "感動する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	感動し	かんどうし	kandō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	感動し	かんどうし	kandō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	感動する	かんどうする	kandō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	感動する	かんどうする	kandō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	感動すれ	かんどうすれ	kandō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	感動せよ¹ 感動しろ²	かんどうせよ¹ かんどうしろ²	kandō seyo¹ kandō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	感動される	かんどうされる	kandō sareru
Causative	感動させる 感動さす	かんどうさせる かんどうさす	kandō saseru kandō sasu
Potential	感動できる	かんどうできる	kandō dekiru
Volitional	感動しよう	かんどうしよう	kandō shiyō
Negative	感動しない	かんどうしない	kandō shinai
Negative continuative	感動せず	かんどうせず	kandō sezu
Formal	感動します	かんどうします	kandō shimasu
Perfective	感動した	かんどうした	kandō shita
Conjunctive	感動して	かんどうして	kandō shite
Hypothetical conditional	感動すれば	かんどうすれば	kandō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
感	動

Noun

感動 • (gamdong) (hangeul 감동)

1. Hanja form^? of 감동 (“sensation”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
感	動

Verb

感動

1. chữ Hán form of cảm động (“to touch”).