感嘆

See also: 感叹 and 感歎

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
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kám-thàn

(Teochew, Peng'im): gam² tang³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gǎntàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄢˇ ㄊㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gǎntàn
  - Wade–Giles: kan³-tʻan⁴
  - Yale: gǎn-tàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaantann
  - Palladius: ганьтань (ganʹtanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam² taan³
  - Yale: gám taan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam² taan³
  - Guangdong Romanization: gem² tan³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm³⁵ tʰaːn³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kám-than / kám-tham
  - Hakka Romanization System: gam^ˋ tan / gam^ˋ tam
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gam³ tan⁴ / gam³ tam⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kam³¹ tʰan⁵⁵/, /kam³¹ tʰam⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kám-thàn
  - Tâi-lô: kám-thàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kafmtaxn
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰan²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰan⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰan²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰan¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰan²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gam² tang³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kám thàng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kam⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰaŋ²¹³/

Verb

感嘆

to sigh (with regret); to lament; to exclaim

Synonyms

嗟嘆 / 嗟叹 (jiētàn) (literary)
嘆惜 / 叹惜 (tànxī)
慨嘆 / 慨叹 (kǎitàn)
慷慨 (kāngkǎi) (Classical Chinese)
興嘆 / 兴叹 (xīngtàn)
道嘆 / 道叹 (Hakka)

Derived terms

感嘆號 / 感叹号 (gǎntànhào)
感嘆詞 / 感叹词 (gǎntàncí)

Related terms

感慨 (gǎnkǎi)

Japanese

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

Alternative spelling
感嘆 (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

感歎

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kã̠ntã̠ɴ]

Noun

感(かん)嘆(たん) • (kantan)

admiration, wonderment

Verb

感(かん)嘆(たん)する • (kantan suru) intransitive suru (stem 感(かん)嘆(たん)し (kantan shi), past 感(かん)嘆(たん)した (kantan shita))

admire, marvel
素晴(すば)らしい演奏(えんそう)に感嘆(かんたん)する
subarashii ensō ni kantan suru
admire a splendid musical performance

Conjugation

Conjugation of "感嘆する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	感嘆し	かんたんし	kantan shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	感嘆し	かんたんし	kantan shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	感嘆する	かんたんする	kantan suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	感嘆する	かんたんする	kantan suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	感嘆すれ	かんたんすれ	kantan sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	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

References

“感嘆”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
感	嘆

Noun

感嘆 • (gamtan) (hangeul 감탄)

alternative form of 感歎 (“admiration; wonderment”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
感	嘆

Verb

感嘆

chữ Hán form of cảm thán (“to sigh with emotion”)