Chinese

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keen; sensitive
to feel; to move; to touch
to feel; to move; to touch; to affect
 
trad. (敏感)
simp. #(敏感)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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敏感

  1. sensitive
  2. susceptible
  3. allergic

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (敏感):

See also

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
びん
Grade: S
かん
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
敏感 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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From Middle Chinese compound 敏感 (minX + komX).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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(びん)(かん) (binkan-na (adnominal (びん)(かん) (binkan na), adverbial (びん)(かん) (binkan ni))

  1. sensitive
    • けれども邪悪(じゃあく)(たい)しては、人一倍(ひといちばい)敏感(びんかん)であった。
      Keredomo jaaku ni taishite wa, hito ichibai ni binkan de atta.
      But he was more sensitive to evil than the average man.

Inflection

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Noun

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(びん)(かん) (binkan

  1. sensitivity

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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敏感 (min'gam) (hangeul 민감)

  1. hanja form? of 민감 (sensitivity)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

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敏感

  1. chữ Hán form of mẫn cảm (sensitive).