🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

感觉

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gǎn jué

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Feeling/ˈfiːlɪŋ/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #800 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"她感到一种快乐的感觉。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An emotional state or reaction.

    "She had a feeling of joy when she received the good news."
  2. 2

    The perception of touch or sensation.

    "He lost the feeling in his fingers after being outside in the cold for too long."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'feeling' originates from the Old English 'fēlan', meaning 'to perceive or sense'. It evolved through Middle English, where it referred to the act of perceiving or experiencing sensations, both physical and emotional.

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