感嘆

感嘆

See also: 感叹

Chinese

		to feel; to move; to touch to feel; to move; to touch; to affect	to sigh
trad. (感嘆/感歎)		感	嘆/歎
simp. (感叹)		感	叹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǎntàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢˇ ㄊㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam² taan³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kám-than / kám-tham
• Min Nan (POJ): kám-thàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gǎntàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢˇ ㄊㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaantann
    • IPA ^(key): /kän²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ tʰän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam² taan³
    • Yale: gám taan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam² taan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem² tan³
    • IPA ^(key): /kɐm³⁵ tʰäːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kám-than / kám-tham
    • Hakka Romanization System: gam` tan / gam` tam
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gam³ tan⁴ / gam³ tam⁴
    • IPA: /kam³¹ tʰan⁵⁵/, /kam³¹ tʰam⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kám-thàn
    • Tâi-lô: kám-thàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kafmtaxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰan²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰan²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰan¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰan²¹/

Verb

感嘆

1. to sigh
2. to exclaim

Synonyms

• (Hakka) 道嘆／道叹

Derived terms

感嘆詞／感叹词 (gǎntàncí)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
感	嘆
かん Grade: 3	たん Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative forms

• 感歎

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [kã̠ntã̠ɴ]

Noun

感嘆 (hiragana かんたん, rōmaji kantan)

1. admiration, wonderment

Verb

感嘆する (intransitive, hiragana かんたんする, rōmaji kantan suru)

1. admire, marvel

   素 (す)晴 (ば)らしい演 (えん)奏 (そう)に感 (かん)嘆 (たん)する

   subarashii ensō ni kantan suru

   admire a splendid musical performance

Conjugation

Conjugation of "感嘆する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	感嘆し	かんたんし	kantan shi
Continuative (連用形)	感嘆し	かんたんし	kantan shi
Terminal (終止形)	感嘆する	かんたんする	kantan suru
Attributive (連体形)	感嘆する	かんたんする	kantan suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	感嘆すれ	かんたんすれ	kantan sure
Imperative (命令形)	感嘆せよ¹ 感嘆しろ²	かんたんせよ¹ かんたんしろ²	kantan seyo¹ kantan shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	感嘆される	かんたんされる	kantan sareru
Causative	感嘆させる 感嘆さす	かんたんさせる かんたんさす	kantan saseru kantan sasu
Potential	感嘆できる	かんたんできる	kantan dekiru
Volitional	感嘆しよう	かんたんしよう	kantan shiyō
Negative	感嘆しない	かんたんしない	kantan shinai
Negative continuative	感嘆せず	かんたんせず	kantan sezu
Formal	感嘆します	かんたんします	kantan shimasu
Perfective	感嘆した	かんたんした	kantan shita
Conjunctive	感嘆して	かんたんして	kantan shite
Hypothetical conditional	感嘆すれば	かんたんすれば	kantan sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
感	嘆

Verb

感嘆

1. Hán tự form of cảm thán (“to sign with emotion”).