感恩

Chinese

		to feel; to move; to touch to feel; to move; to touch; to affect	kind act (from above)
trad. (感恩)		感	恩
simp. ^#(感恩)		感	恩

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gǎn'ēn
(Zhuyin): ㄍㄢˇ ㄣ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): gam² jan¹
(Taishan, Wiktionary): gam² yin¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kám-ên
Min Dong (BUC): gāng-ŏng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): kám-un / kám-in
(Teochew, Peng'im): gam² eng¹ / gam² êng¹
Wu (Wiktionary): koe en (T2)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gǎn'ēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄢˇ ㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gǎn-en
  - Wade–Giles: kan³-ên¹
  - Yale: gǎn-ēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaanen
  - Palladius: ганьэнь (ganʹenʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ˀən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam² jan¹
  - Yale: gám yān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam² jan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gem² yen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm³⁵ jɐn⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: gam² yin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kam⁵⁵ jin³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kám-ên
  - Hakka Romanization System: gam` en´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gam³ en¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kam³¹ en²⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gāng-ŏng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ³³⁻²¹ ^(Ø-)ŋouŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kám-un
  - Tâi-lô: kám-un
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kafm'wn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ un³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ un⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ un⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kám-in
  - Tâi-lô: kám-in
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kafm'yn
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ in⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gam² eng¹ / gam² êng¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kám ṳng / kám eng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kam⁵²⁻³⁵ ɯŋ³³/, /kam⁵²⁻³⁵ eŋ³³/

Note: gam2 êng1 - Jieyang.

Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: koe en (T2)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kø³³ əɲ⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: /kʌm^X ʔən/

Rime
Character	感	恩
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)	痕 (53)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	古禫切	烏痕切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʌm^X/	/ʔən/
Pan Wuyun	/kəm^X/	/ʔən/
Shao Rongfen	/kɒm^X/	/ʔən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəm^X/	/ʔən/
Li Rong	/kᴀm^X/	/ʔən/
Wang Li	/kɒm^X/	/ən/
Bernard Karlgren	/kăm^X/	/ʔən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gǎn	ēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gam²	an¹

Verb

感恩

to have gratitude for; to feel grateful
學會感恩，善待恩人。 [MSC, trad.]
学会感恩，善待恩人。 [MSC, simp.]
Xuéhuì gǎn'ēn, shàndài ēnrén. [Pinyin]
Learn to be grateful, and be kind to those who help you.

Synonyms

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感激 (gǎnjī)
知感 (Dungan, chiefly religion)
多謝／多谢 (duōxiè)

感謝／感谢 (gǎnxiè)
謝謝／谢谢 (xièxie)

Derived terms

感恩戴德 (gǎn'ēndàidé)
感恩祭
感恩圖報／感恩图报

感恩節／感恩节 (Gǎn'ēnjié)
感恩經／感恩经 (gǎn'ēnjīng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (感恩):

→ Japanese: 感(かん)恩(おん) (kan'on)
→ Korean: 감은(感恩) (gameun)

Others:

→ Vietnamese: cảm ơn, cám ơn

Proper noun

感恩

(～縣) (historical) Gan'en (a former county of Hainan, Guangdong, China; now part of Dongfang, Hainan)

References

“Entry #9478”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

Korean

Hanja in this term
感	恩

Noun

感恩 • (gameun) (hangeul 감은)

Hanja form^? of 감은.

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
感	恩

Alternative forms

敢恩 (cảm ơn, cám ơn)

Interjection

感恩

chữ Hán form of cảm ơn, cám ơn (“thank you”).

Verb

感恩

chữ Hán form of cảm ơn, cám ơn (“to thank; to be grateful”).