感謝

See also: 感谢

Chinese

		to feel; to move; to touch to feel; to move; to touch; to affect	to decline; to thank; gratitude
trad. (感謝)		感	謝
simp. (感谢)		感	谢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): gǎnxiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄝˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): gan³ xie⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam² ze⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kám-chhia
• Eastern Min (BUC): gāng-siâ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kám-siā

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gam² sia⁷

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵koe-zhia

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǎnxiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǎnsiè
    • Wade–Giles: kan³-hsieh⁴
    • Yale: gǎn-syè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaanshieh
    • Palladius: ганьсе (ganʹse)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: gan³ xie⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ganxie
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kan⁵³ ɕiɛ²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam² ze⁶
    • Yale: gám jeh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam² dze⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem² zé⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm³⁵ t͡sɛː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kám-chhia
    • Hakka Romanization System: gam` qia
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gam³ qia⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kam³¹ t͡sʰi̯a⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gāng-siâ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ³³⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)niɑ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kám-siā
    • Tâi-lô: kám-siā
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kafmsia
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sia²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sia⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sia²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sia³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sia³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gam² sia⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kám siā
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kam⁵²⁻³⁵ sia¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵koe-zhia
    • MiniDict: koe^去 zhia
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²koe-xxia
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kø³³ ʑia⁴⁴/

Verb

感謝

1. to thank; to be grateful; to be appreciative; to appreciate; thank you to; thank you for

   非常感謝／非常感谢  ―  fēicháng gǎnxiè  ―  to be extremely grateful

   表示感謝／表示感谢  ―  biǎoshì gǎnxiè  ―  to express thanks

   感謝老師這麼多年來辛勤的付出，培養了無數優秀的人才。 [MSC, trad.]
   感谢老师这么多年来辛勤的付出，培养了无数优秀的人才。 [MSC, simp.]

   Gǎnxiè lǎoshī zhème duō nián lái xīnqín de fùchū, péiyǎng le wúshù yōuxiù de réncái. [Pinyin]

   Thank you to the teachers who put in many years of hard work to produce so many outstanding talented individuals.

   感謝您百忙之中抽空見我。 [MSC, trad.]
   感谢您百忙之中抽空见我。 [MSC, simp.]

   Gǎnxiè nín bǎimángzhīzhōng chōukòng jiàn wǒ. [Pinyin]

   Thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to see me.

   感謝得很！／感谢得很！  ―  Gǎnxiè de hěn!  ―  [I/We] greatly appreciate [that]!

Synonyms

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• 多謝／多谢 (duōxiè)
• 感恩 (gǎn'ēn)
• 感激 (gǎnjī)
• 知感 (Dungan, chiefly religion)
• 謝謝／谢谢 (xièxie)

 

Interjection

1. (literary or dialectal) thank you

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 謝謝 (“thank you”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		有勞, 感謝, 感恩
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		謝謝, 多謝
Mandarin	Taiwan	謝謝, 謝謝你
	Chengdu	謝謝, 感謝
	Malaysia	謝謝
	Singapore	謝謝
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	多謝, рахмат
Cantonese	Guangzhou	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Hong Kong	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Taishan	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Yangjiang	無該, 多謝
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Penang (Guangfu)	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Singapore (Guangfu)	唔該 †, 多謝 §
Gan	Nanchang	多謝
Hakka	Meixian	多謝, 恁仔細 §
	Xingning	多謝
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	恁仔細
	Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian)	恁仔細
	Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian)	恁仔細
	Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian)	承蒙, 恁仔細
	Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian)	承蒙
	Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian)	承蒙
	Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian)	承蒙
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	承蒙你, 恁仔細, 感謝, 多謝
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	承蒙你, 恁仔細, 感謝, 多謝
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	多謝
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	多謝
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	多謝
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	感謝, 多謝, 承蒙
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	承蒙, 承蒙你, 阿里加多
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	勞瀝, 恁勞瀝, 承蒙, 承蒙你, 阿里加多
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	承蒙, 承蒙你, 恁仔細, 勞力, 阿里加多
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	感謝
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	勞力, 阿里加多
	Hong Kong	多謝
	Singapore (Dabu)	多謝
Jin	Taiyuan	謝謝
Northern Min	Jian'ou	多謝
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	謝謝, 起動
	Fuqing	多謝
	Matsu	謝謝, 多謝
	Singapore (Fuqing)	謝謝, 起動
Southern Min	Xiamen	感謝, 多謝, 費神, 勞力
	Quanzhou	道謝, 感謝, 費神, 勞力
	Zhangzhou	多謝, 費神, 勞力
	Zhao'an	多謝, 感謝
	Taipei	多謝, 勞力
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	勞力, 多謝, 阿里加多
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	勞力
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	勞力
	Kaohsiung	多謝, 勞力, 感恩
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	勞力, 多謝, 感恩
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	勞力, 謝謝, 感恩
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	勞力, 多謝, 感恩
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	勞力, 多謝, 感恩
	Yilan	多謝, 勞力, 感恩
	Yilan (Luodong)	勞力, 多謝, 感恩
	Yilan (Toucheng)	勞力, 多謝
	Changhua (Lukang)	多謝, 勞力
	Taichung	勞力, 多謝
	Tainan	多謝, 勞力, 感恩
	Tainan (Anping)	勞力, 多謝, 感恩
	Hsinchu	勞力, 多謝
	Kinmen	勞力, 多謝
	Penghu (Magong)	勞力, 多謝
	Penghu (Xiyu)	勞力, 多謝
	Penang (Hokkien)	感謝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	感謝, 費神, 多謝
	Manila (Hokkien)	多謝, 感謝
	Medan (Hokkien)	感謝
	Chaozhou	㩼謝
	Shantou	㩼謝
	Jieyang	㩼謝
	Haifeng	感謝
	Bangkok (Teochew)	㩼謝
	Singapore (Teochew)	㩼謝, 感謝
	Leizhou	無該
	Wenchang	無該, 謝謝
	Haikou	無該, 謝謝
	Singapore (Hainanese)	無該
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Sanxiang	唔該, 多謝
Wu	Shanghai	謝謝, 謝謝儂, 多謝
	Ningbo	謝謝儂, 交關感謝
	Wenzhou	謝謝你
Xiang	Changsha	多謝
Note	† - when someone does you a favour; § - when someone gives you a gift

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (感謝):

• → Japanese: 感謝(かんしゃ) (kansha)
• → Korean: 감사(感謝) (gamsa)
• → Vietnamese: cảm tạ (感謝)

Others:

• → English: cumshaw, comshaw, gum xia
• → Malay: kamsia

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
感	謝
かん Grade: 3	しゃ Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

感(かん)謝(しゃ) • (kansha) 

1. thanks, appreciation, gratitude

Verb

感(かん)謝(しゃ)する • (kansha suru) transitive or intransitive suru (stem 感(かん)謝(しゃ)し (kansha shi), past 感(かん)謝(しゃ)した (kansha shita))

1. express one's appreciation

Conjugation

Conjugation of "感謝する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	感謝し	かんしゃし	kansha shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	感謝し	かんしゃし	kansha shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	感謝する	かんしゃする	kansha suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	感謝する	かんしゃする	kansha suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	感謝すれ	かんしゃすれ	kansha sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	感謝せよ¹ 感謝しろ²	かんしゃせよ¹ かんしゃしろ²	kansha seyo¹ kansha shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	感謝される	かんしゃされる	kansha sareru
Causative	感謝させる 感謝さす	かんしゃさせる かんしゃさす	kansha saseru kansha sasu
Potential	感謝できる	かんしゃできる	kansha dekiru
Volitional	感謝しよう	かんしゃしよう	kansha shiyō
Negative	感謝しない	かんしゃしない	kansha shinai
Negative continuative	感謝せず	かんしゃせず	kansha sezu
Formal	感謝します	かんしゃします	kansha shimasu
Perfective	感謝した	かんしゃした	kansha shita
Conjunctive	感謝して	かんしゃして	kansha shite
Hypothetical conditional	感謝すれば	かんしゃすれば	kansha sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

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Korean

Hanja in this term
感	謝

Noun

感謝 • (gamsa) (hangeul 감사)

1. Hanja form^? of 감사 (“thanks”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
感	謝

Verb

感謝

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