同情

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Chinese

like; same; similar
like; same; similar; together; alike; with
 
feeling; emotion; passion
feeling; emotion; passion; situation
 
trad. (同情) 同 情
simp. #(同情) 同 情

Pronunciation

Verb

同情

  1. to sympathize; to empathize; to commiserate
    同情弱者  ―  tóngqíng ruòzhě  ―  to have sympathy for the weak

Usage notes

Like English sympathize, 同情 (tóngqíng) can denote both being affected by other people's misfortunes and approving of other people's actions.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
同 情
どう
Grade: 2 		じょう
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

同(どう)情(じょう) • (dōjō) ←どうじやう (douzyau)?

  1. sympathy

Verb

同(どう)情(じょう)する • (dōjō suru) ←どうじやう (douzyau)?intransitive suru (stem 同(どう)情(じょう)し (dōjō shi), past 同(どう)情(じょう)した (dōjō shita))

  1. to sympathise

Conjugation

Conjugation of "同情する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 同情し どうじょうし dōjō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 同情し どうじょうし dōjō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 同情する どうじょうする dōjō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 同情する どうじょうする dōjō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 同情すれ どうじょうすれ dōjō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 同情せよ¹
同情しろ² 		どうじょうせよ¹
どうじょうしろ² 		dōjō seyo¹
dōjō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 同情される どうじょうされる dōjō sareru
Causative 同情させる
同情さす 		どうじょうさせる
どうじょうさす 		dōjō saseru
dōjō sasu
Potential 同情できる どうじょうできる dōjō dekiru
Volitional 同情しよう どうじょうしよう dōjō shiyō
Negative 同情しない どうじょうしない dōjō shinai
Negative continuative 同情せず どうじょうせず dōjō sezu
Formal 同情します どうじょうします dōjō shimasu
Perfective 同情した どうじょうした dōjō shita
Conjunctive 同情して どうじょうして dōjō shite
Hypothetical conditional 同情すれば どうじょうすれば dōjō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
同情

Noun

同情 • (dongjeong) (hangeul 동정)

  1. hanja form? of 동정 (“sympathy”)
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