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感激

gǎn jī

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

感激 (gǎn jī) means "to be grateful". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 感激 means

1. to be grateful
2. to appreciate
3. thankful

The characters in 感激

• 感gǎnto feel; to move; to touch
• 激jīto arouse; to incite; to excite

Example sentences

• 感激不尽。
  Gǎnjībùjìn.
  I can't thank you enough.
• 我很感激。
  I'm grateful for that.
• 他们会感激。
  They'll be grateful.
• 我很感激他们。
  I am grateful to them.
• 我打心底里感激你。
  Wǒ dǎ xīndǐ lǐ gǎnjī nǐ.
  I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
• 我知道你心存感激。
  I know that you feel grateful.

Words starting with 感激

• 感激不尽gǎn jī bù jìncan't thank sb enough (idiom)
• 感激涕零gǎn jī tì língto shed tears of gratitude (idiom); moved to tears

Words containing 感激

• 无任感激wú rèn gǎn jīdeeply obliged

Where 感激 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Love, Care & Compassion (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read gǎn jī correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.