"Sense" • Chinese-English Dictionary

DICTIONARY OPTIONS
CHARACTERS : Simplified Traditional
PHONETIC : Pinyin Bopomofo EFEO Wade-Giles Yale
» Search by Radical
 gǎn jué to feel / to become aware of / feeling / sense / perception / CL:個|个[ge4]
 yì yì sense / meaning / significance / importance / CL:個|个[ge4]
 gǎn shòu to sense / perception / to feel (through the senses) / to experience / a feeling / an impression / an experience
 guān niàn notion / thought / concept / sense / views / ideology / general impressions
 dào li reason / argument / sense / principle / basis / justification / CL:個|个[ge4]
 qíng lǐ reason / sense
 gǎn dào to feel / to sense / to have the feeling that / to think that / to move / to affect
 gǎn jué dào to feel / to sense / to detect / to perceive / to become aware
 chá jué to sense / to perceive / to become aware of / to detect
 gǎn guān sense / sense organ
 jué chá to sense / to perceive / to come to realize / to be aware
 zhēn cè to detect / to sense
 jiǎn chū to detect / to examine and discover / to sense
 yì huì to sense / to grasp intuitively
 guān néng function / capability / sense (i.e. the five senses of sight 視|视, hearing 聽|听, smell 嗅, taste 味 / and touch 觸|触) / faculty (i.e. specific ability)
 cí yì meaning of word / sense
 cè zhī to detect / to sense
 qíng wèi feeling / flavor / sense
 wèi taste / smell / (fig.) (noun suffix) feel / quality / sense / (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription
 wèi to speak / to say / to name / to designate / meaning / sense
 yì xiàng sense (of a word)
 jì lù variant of 記錄|记录[ji4 lu4] (but in Taiwan, not for the verb sense "to record")
 dòng gǎn sense of movement (often in a static work of art) / dynamic / vivid / lifelike
 cháng shí common sense / general knowledge / CL:門|门[men2]
 shī luò to lose (sth) / to drop (sth) / to feel a sense of loss / frustrated / disappointment / loss
 yǒu dào li to make sense / reasonable
 yǒu yì yì to make sense / to have meaning / to have significance / meaningful / significant / worthwhile / important / interesting
 zé rèn gǎn sense of responsibility
 yì wèi meaning / implication / flavor / overtone / to mean / to imply / (Tw) to get a sense of
 zhì gǎn realism (in art) / sense of reality / texture / tactile quality
 bù tōng to be obstructed / to be blocked up / to be impassable / to make no sense / to be illogical
 wú chǐ without any sense of shame / unembarrassed / shameless
 ān quán gǎn sense of security
 kàn bu dǒng unable to make sense of what one is looking at
 měi gǎn sense of beauty / aesthetic perception
 tīng bu dǒng unable to make sense of what one is hearing
 wǔ guān five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳) / facial features
 zhēn pí dermis (layer within the skin containing sense of touch)
 tīng jué sense of hearing / auditory
 chéng jiù gǎn sense of achievement
 gǎo bu dǒng unable to make sense of (sth)
 zé rèn xīn sense of responsibility
 bù yào liǎn to have no sense of shame / shameless
 zhuō mō to fathom / to make sense of / to grasp
广 guǎng yì broad sense / general sense
退 jìn tuì to advance or retreat / knowing when to come and when to leave / a sense of propriety
 liáng zhī innate sense of right and wrong / conscience / bosom friend
 xiù jué sense of smell
 cháng lǐ common sense / conventional reasoning and morals
 biàn xīn to cease to feel a sense of loyalty (or gratitude etc) to sb or sth / to fall out of love with sb
 yōu mò gǎn sense of humor
 chù jué touch / sense of touch / tactile
 xiá yì narrow sense / restricted sense
 wèi jué sense of taste / gustation
 huì can (i.e. have the skill, know how to) / likely to / sure to / to meet / to get together / meeting / gathering / union / group / association / a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [hui3])
 quē dé to be lacking in moral sense / to lack common basic respect for others / lacking in virtue / mischievous / wicked / cruel / mean
 dé yì wàng xíng so pleased as to lose one's sense of measure / beside oneself with joy
 nòng dǒng to make sense of / to grasp the meaning of / to figure out
 zhēn shí gǎn the feeling that sth is genuine / sense of reality / in the flesh
 xíng to walk / to go / to travel / a visit / temporary / makeshift / current / in circulation / to do / to perform / capable / competent / effective / all right / OK! / will do / behavior / conduct / Taiwan pr. [xing4] for the behavior-conduct sense
 lián chǐ honor and shame / sense of honor
 fàn zhǐ to make a general reference / to be used in a general sense
 jiǎng lǐ to argue / to reason with sb / to talk sense / to be reasonable
 zháo jí to worry / to feel anxious / to feel a sense of urgency / to be in a hurry / Taiwan pr. [zhao1 ji2]
 shēng yi jīng knack of doing business / business sense
 shuō de guò qù acceptable / passable / justifiable / (of a course of action) to make sense
 nòng dào shǒu to get in hand / to get (one's) hands on / to get hold of (in the sense of to acquire)
 yuān dà tóu spendthrift and foolish / sb with more money than sense
 běn yì original meaning / literal sense
 qīng zhòng huǎn jí slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom) / to deal with important matters first / sense of priority
 fāng xiàng gǎn sense of direction
 biǎn yì derogatory sense / negative connotation
 zhī chǐ to have a sense of shame
 duì zhàng antithesis (two lines of poetry matching in sense and sound) / to fight / to wage war
 tián bù zhī chǐ to have no sense of shame
 gǎn to feel / to move / to touch / to affect / feeling / emotion / (suffix) sense of ~
 gǎn jué qì guān sense organs / the five senses
 yóng yóng looking up expectantly / speaking softly (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [yu2 yu2])
 sàng zhì to become demoralized / to lose one's sense of purpose
 bāo yì commendatory sense / positive connotation
 zuǐ jiān sharp-tongued / to have a keen sense of taste / to be picky about one's food
 xiù sense of smell / smell bad
 wú qíng wú yì completely lacking any feeling or sense of justice (idiom) / cold and ruthless
 bù zhī qīng zhòng lit. not knowing what's important (idiom) / no appreciation of the gravity of things / naive / doesn't know who's who / no sense of priorities
退 bù zhī jìn tuì not knowing when to come or leave (idiom) / with no sense of propriety
 mō bu zháo tóu nǎo to be unable to make any sense of the matter / to be at a loss
 lǐ yì lián chǐ sense of propriety, justice, integrity and honor (i.e. the four social bonds, 四維|四维[si4 wei2])
 huǎn jí qīng zhòng slight or important, urgent or non-urgent (idiom) / to deal with important matters first / sense of priority / also written 輕重緩急|轻重缓急
 liáng zhī liáng néng instinctive understanding, esp. of ethical issues (idiom) / untrained, but with an inborn sense of right and wrong / innate moral sense
 qīng zhòng dào zhì to invert the importance of things (i.e. stress the unimportant and neglect the important) / lacking a sense of perspective / to put the cart before the horse
 yì zhèng cí yán to speak forcibly out of a sense of righteousness (idiom)
 guī shǔ gǎn sense of belonging
 cháng qíng common sense / the way people usually feel about things
 yǐn shēn yì extended meaning (of an expression) / derived sense
 bù míng shì lǐ not understanding things (idiom) / devoid of sense
 bù zhī xiū chǐ to have no sense of shame / brazen
 gōng xīn desire for the public good / sense of fair play
 dé zhì tǐ měi the aims of education: morality, intelligence, physical fitness and aesthetic sense
 tián bù zhī chǐ to have no sense of shame
 gǎn jué qì sense organ
Chinese Tones