感心

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Chinese

to feel; to move; to touch
to feel; to move; to touch; to affect
 
 heart; mind
trad. (感心) 感 心
simp. #(感心) 感 心

Etymology

Reborrowed into Taiwanese Hokkien and Hakka from Japanese 感心(かんしん) (kanshin).

Pronunciation

Adjective

感心

  1. (literary or Taiwanese Hokkien, Hakka) touching; moving

Japanese

Kanji in this term
感 心
かん
Grade: 3 		しん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Adjective

感(かん)心(しん) • (kanshin) -na (adnominal 感(かん)心(しん)な (kanshin na), adverbial 感(かん)心(しん)に (kanshin ni))

  1. admirable, commendable, praiseworthy
    働(はたら)いている感心(かんしん)な娘(むすめ)
    hataraiteiru kanshin na musume
    daughter of commendable diligence

Noun

感(かん)心(しん) • (kanshin) 

  1. admiration

Verb

感(かん)心(しん)する • (kanshin suru) intransitive suru (stem 感(かん)心(しん)し (kanshin shi), past 感(かん)心(しん)した (kanshin shita))

  1. admire, be deeply impressed

Conjugation

Conjugation of "感心する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 感心し かんしんし kanshin shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 感心し かんしんし kanshin shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 感心する かんしんする kanshin suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 感心する かんしんする kanshin suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 感心すれ かんしんすれ kanshin sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 感心せよ¹
感心しろ² 		かんしんせよ¹
かんしんしろ² 		kanshin seyo¹
kanshin shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 感心される かんしんされる kanshin sareru
Causative 感心させる
感心さす 		かんしんさせる
かんしんさす 		kanshin saseru
kanshin sasu
Potential 感心できる かんしんできる kanshin dekiru
Volitional 感心しよう かんしんしよう kanshin shiyō
Negative 感心しない かんしんしない kanshin shinai
Negative continuative 感心せず かんしんせず kanshin sezu
Formal 感心します かんしんします kanshin shimasu
Perfective 感心した かんしんした kanshin shita
Conjunctive 感心して かんしんして kanshin shite
Hypothetical conditional 感心すれば かんしんすれば kanshin sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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