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

  (Hailu, HRS): gam^ˊ tung^˖

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gam³ tung⁴

• Eastern Min (BUC): gāng-dông
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gang³ dorng⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kám-tōng / kám-tǒng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gam² dong⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 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 Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kám-thung
    • Hakka Romanization System: gam^ˋ tung
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gam³ tung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kam³¹ tʰuŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: gam^ˊ tung^˖
    • Sinological IPA: /kam²⁴⁻³³ tʰuŋ³³/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gam³ tung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kam³¹ tʰʊŋ⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gāng-dông
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ³³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t-)nouŋ²⁴²/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gang³ dorng⁵ [Phonetic: gang² norng⁵]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gâng-dō̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ⁴⁵³⁻¹³ ^(t-)nɒŋ¹¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gang³ dorng⁵ [Phonetic: gang² norng⁵]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ³³²⁻²⁴ ^(t-)nɒŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kám-tōng
    • Tâi-lô: kám-tōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kafmdong
    • IPA (Taipei): /kam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kám-tǒng
    • Tâi-lô: kám-tǒng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tɔŋ²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gam² dong⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kám tŏng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kam⁵²⁻³⁵ toŋ³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: 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/
Bernhard 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).