1. Home
  2. HSK 7
  3. Spoken exchange

感叹

gǎntàn

to sigh; to exclaim with feeling

Tourists with raised hands gaze at a waterfall
Memory picture

Characters in this word

感 gǎn

Strokes
13
Radical
心 — heart
Made of
咸 all, together, united 心 heart
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 感

叹 tàn

Strokes
5
Radical
口 — mouth
Made of
口 mouth 又 and, also, again, in addition
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 叹

Example phrases

  • 看到荒地变成湿地公园,居民纷纷感叹治理工程来之不易。 Kàndào huāngdì biàn chéng shīdì gōngyuán, jūmín fēnfēn gǎntàn zhìlǐ gōngchéng lái zhī bù yì. Seeing the wasteland become a wetland park, residents all exclaimed that the restoration project had not come easily.
  • 面对壮观的瀑布,游客们纷纷感叹大自然的神奇。 Miànduì zhuàngguān de pùbù, yóukèmen fēnfēn gǎntàn dà zìrán de shénqí. Facing the magnificent waterfall, the tourists exclaimed at the wonder of nature.
  • 他常常感叹自己没有早点开始学习外语。 Tā chángcháng gǎntàn zìjǐ méiyǒu zǎodiǎn kāishǐ xuéxí wàiyǔ. He often laments that he didn't start learning a foreign language earlier.

Related words

All HSK 7 words →