敏感

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Chinese

keen; sensitive
to feel; to move; to touch
to feel; to move; to touch; to affect
 
trad. (敏感)
simp. #(敏感)

Pronunciation


Adjective

敏感

  1. sensitive
  2. susceptible
  3. allergic

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (敏感):

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
びん
Grade: S
かん
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
敏感 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 敏感 (minX + komX).

Pronunciation

Adjective

(びん)(かん) (binkan-na (adnominal (びん)(かん) (binkan na), adverbial (びん)(かん) (binkan ni))

  1. sensitive
    • けれども邪悪(じゃあく)(たい)しては、人一倍(ひといちばい)敏感(びんかん)であった。
      Keredomo jaaku ni taishite wa, hito ichibai ni binkan de atta.
      But he was more sensitive to evil than the average man.

Inflection

Noun

(びん)(かん) (binkan

  1. sensitivity

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

敏感 (min'gam) (hangeul 민감)

  1. hanja form? of 민감 (sensitivity)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

敏感

  1. chữ Hán form of mẫn cảm (sensitive).