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Emotion in Chinese

emotion · HSK 4

感情 gǎn qíng

  1. 感 gǎn to feel
  2. 情 qíng feeling

Counted with 份: 一份感情 yí fèn gǎnqíng

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How do you say emotion in Chinese?

Emotion in Chinese is 感情 (gǎn qíng). You can also say 情感 (qíng gǎn), 情绪 (qíng xù).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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