同情

Chinese

 
like; same; similar
like; same; similar; together; alike; with
 
feeling; emotion; passion
feeling; emotion; passion; situation
trad. (同情)
simp. #(同情)

Pronunciation


Verb

同情

  1. to sympathize; to empathize; to commiserate
    同情弱者   tóngqíng ruòzhě   to have sympathy for the weak

Usage notes

Like English sympathize, 同情 (tóngqíng) can denote both being affected by other people's misfortunes and approving of other people's actions.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
どう
Grade: 2
じょう
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーじょー [dòójóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [do̞ːʑo̞ː]

Noun

(どう)(じょう) • (dōjō) どうじやう (douzyau)?

  1. sympathy

Verb

(どう)(じょう)する • (dōjō suru) どうじやう (douzyau)?intransitive suru (stem (どう)(じょう) (dōjō shi), past (どう)(じょう)した (dōjō shita))

  1. to sympathise

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

同情 • (dongjeong) (hangeul 동정)

  1. Hanja form? of 동정 (sympathy).
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