gam2 dung6感動感动
Jyutpinggam2 dung6
Yalegám duhng
Definition
To be moved or touched; to feel a strong sense of empathy or sympathy.
colloquialemotion
How it's used
Expressing that something is moving often involves the structure 令我好感動, where 令 acts as a causative verb. It carries a sense of emotional resonance or being deeply touched by someone's sincerity or a tragic situation. While it can describe a state, it is most frequently used to describe the reaction to an external stimulus.
Examples
What he said really moved me.
Were you moved by this movie?
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using it to mean excited or thrilled, as those are better expressed by 興奮. It specifically refers to an emotional response involving empathy or admiration.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
