感恩

Chinese

		to feel; to move; to touch to feel; to move; to touch; to affect	kind act (from above)
trad. (感恩)		感	恩
simp. ^#(感恩)		感	恩

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gǎn'ēn

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄢˇ ㄣ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gam² jan¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): gam² yin¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kám-ên

(Hailu, HRS): gam^ˊ en^ˋ
Eastern Min (BUC): gāng-ŏng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kám-un / kám-in

(Teochew, Peng'im): gam² eng¹ / gam² êng¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵koe-en

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gǎn'ēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄢˇ ㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gǎn-en
  - Wade–Giles: kan³-ên¹
  - Yale: gǎn-ēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaanen
  - Palladius: ганьэнь (ganʹenʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam² jan¹
  - Yale: gám yān
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam² jan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gem² yen¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm³⁵ jɐn⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: gam² yin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kam⁵⁵ jin³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kám-ên
  - Hakka Romanization System: gam^ˋ en^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gam³ en¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kam³¹ en²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: gam^ˊ en^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /kam²⁴⁻³³ en⁵³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gāng-ŏng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ³³⁻²¹ ^(Ø-)ŋouŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kám-un
  - Tâi-lô: kám-un
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kafm'wn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ un³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ un⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ un⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kám-in
  - Tâi-lô: kám-in
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kafm'yn
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ in⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gam² eng¹ / gam² êng¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kám ṳng / kám eng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kam⁵²⁻³⁵ ɯŋ³³/, /kam⁵²⁻³⁵ eŋ³³/

Note: gam2 êng1 - Jieyang.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵koe-en
  - MiniDict: koe^去 en
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²koe-en
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kø³³ ən⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: komX 'on

Rime
Character	感	恩
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	覃 (159)	痕 (53)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	古禫切	烏痕切
Baxter	komX	'on
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʌm^X/	/ʔən/
Pan Wuyun	/kəm^X/	/ʔən/
Shao Rongfen	/kɒm^X/	/ʔən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəm^X/	/ʔən/
Li Rong	/kᴀm^X/	/ʔən/
Wang Li	/kɒm^X/	/ən/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kăm^X/	/ʔən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gǎn	ēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gam²	an¹

Verb

感恩

to have gratitude for; to feel grateful
學會感恩，善待恩人。 [MSC, trad.]
学会感恩，善待恩人。 [MSC, simp.]
Xuéhuì gǎn'ēn, shàndài ēnrén. [Pinyin]
Learn to be grateful, and be kind to those who help you.

Synonyms

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多謝 / 多谢 (duōxiè)
感激 (gǎnjī)
感謝 / 感谢 (gǎnxiè)
知感 (Dungan, chiefly religion)
謝謝 / 谢谢 (xièxie)

Derived terms

感恩圖報 / 感恩图报
感恩戴德 (gǎn'ēndàidé)
感恩祭
感恩節 / 感恩节 (Gǎn'ēnjié)
感恩經 / 感恩经 (gǎn'ēnjīng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (感恩):

→ Japanese: 感(かん)恩(おん) (kan'on)
→ Korean: 감은(感恩) (gameun)

Others:

→ Vietnamese: cảm ơn, cám ơn

Proper noun

感恩

(～縣) (historical) Gan'en (a former county of Hainan, Guangdong, China; now part of Dongfang, Hainan)

References

“感恩”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Korean

Hanja in this term
感	恩

Noun

感恩 • (gameun) (hangeul 감은)

hanja form^? of 감은

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
感	恩

Alternative forms

敢恩 (cảm ơn, cám ơn)

Interjection

感恩

chữ Hán form of cảm ơn, cám ơn (“thank you”)

Verb

感恩

chữ Hán form of cảm ơn, cám ơn (“to thank; to be grateful”)