粵

感gam2嘆taan3

simp感叹
gam2 taan3gǎn tàn

English

  1. to sigh (with feeling)
  2. to lament
  3. to sigh with discontentment or due to an emotional stirring, often as way to denounce an unhealthy trend or established practice; to bemoan

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 有所傷感或者感觸而嘆息,通常係控訴緊一股歪風

Examples

  • 呢句句子要多啲感嘆號。

    This sentence needs more exclamation marks.

    Tatoeba · kaenif CC BY

  • 我们感叹这美景。

    We admired the beauty of the scenery.

    Tatoeba · bigfatpanda CC BY

  • 感叹号是标点符号。

    An exclamation mark is a punctuation mark.

    Tatoeba · crescat CC BY

  • “啊!”是一个感叹词。

    "Ah!" is an interjection.

    Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

  • 佢感歎社會風氣敗壞。

    He bemoans the corrupt state of society.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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