Meaning
感觉 refers to both physical sensations and emotional feelings, as well as intuitions or impressions. It can function as a noun meaning 'a feeling/sensation' or as a verb meaning 'to feel/sense.' This is one of the most common words for expressing subjective perceptions and is used constantly in everyday conversation.
Usage
Native speakers use 感觉 very frequently in casual speech, often at the beginning of sentences to express opinions or impressions (我感觉... 'I feel that...'). It's neutral in register and appropriate for all contexts. Common with both physical sensations (pain, temperature) and abstract feelings (impressions, hunches).
Examples
- 01我感觉今天会下雨。.I feel like it's going to rain today.
- 02你对这个城市有什么感觉？?What's your impression of this city?
Characters
Measure words
- 种一种感觉
Common collocations
- 有感觉to have a feeling
- 没感觉to have no feeling, to feel nothing
- 感觉到to sense, to perceive
- 什么感觉what feeling, how does it feel
Antonyms
Origin
The word combines 感 (to feel/respond emotionally) and 觉 (to perceive/become aware), creating a compound that encompasses both emotional and sensory perception.