覺 (gok3 gaau3 | jue2 jiao4) : feel; become aware; sleep

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覺

gok3 gaau3

jue2 jiao4

[粵] gok3 | [國] jue2
[1] [v] feel; sense; be conscious of
[2] [v] become aware; realize; discover
[3] [n] sense; feeling; consciousness

[粵] gaau3 | [國] jiao4
[n] sleep; nap

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Stroke count: 20

Level: 1

Radical: (#147)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

覺 / 觉

This word has been viewed 17676 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 12th Sep 2013 05:26

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覺得 gok3 dak1 jue2 de2 = to think; to feel

瞓覺 fan3 gaau3 = sleep 粵

睡覺 seoi6 gaau3 shui4 jiao4 = sleep 國

發覺 faat3 gok3 fa1 jue2 = to realize; to discover

感覺 gam2 gok3 gan3 jue2 = to feel; feeling

晏覺 aan3 gaau3 = afternoon nap 粵

無知覺 mou4 zi1 gok3 wu2 zhi1 jue2 = senseless

視覺 si6 gok3 shi4 jue2 = the sense of sight; visual

不知不覺 bat1 zi1 bat1 gok3 bu4 zhi1 bu4 jue2 = unconsciously 國

不覺 bat1 gok3 bu4 jue2 = unconsciously
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Showing 10 of 21 examples containing 覺

我覺得行公司好悶粵
I think going shopping is boring.
[Lit. I feel walk-company very-boring.]

我覺得行公司會悶死我粵
Going shopping bores me to death.
[Lit. I feel walk-company would boring die me]

你覺得聖誕節當天會不會下雪？國
Do you think it will snow on Christmas Day?

你唔覺得香蕉味好怪? 粵
Don't you think bananas taste weird?

嗰啲蟬嘅聲音，我覺得好好聽㗎！粵
I love the sound of those cicadas [nearby]!
[This is an example of topicalisation: the topic of the sentence, 嗰啲蟬嘅聲音, is placed at the front.]

蟬嘅聲音，我覺得好好聽㗎！粵
I love the sound cicadas [in general] make.
[Note that because we haven't specified any particular cicadas, we're talking about cicadas in general. (Use 呢啲 or 嗰啲 otherwise.)]

我覺得蟬嘅聲音好好聽㗎！粵
I love the sound cicadas make!
[Lit. I feel cicada [possessive particle] sound very good-sound [particle]!]

我覺得呢啲蟬嘅聲音好好聽㗎！粵
I love the sound these cicadas are making!
[Lit. I feel these cicadas [possessive particle] sound very good-listen [particle].]

呢隻草蜢，我覺得佢嘅聲音好好聽㗎！粵
I love the sound this grasshopper makes!
[Lit. This [counter] grasshopper, I feel his sound very good-listen [particle].]

你覺得英國同香港有啲乜嘢分別粵
What differences do you perceive between England and Hong Kong?
[Lit. you feel England with Hong Kong have [plural counter] what differences?]

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