Chinese word

异物感

Pronunciation

Pinyinyì wù gǎn

Meaning

  • nounforeign body sensation

Example

戴隐形眼镜时会有异物感。dài yǐn xíng yǎn jìng shí huì yǒu yì wù gǎn

Wearing contact lenses can cause a foreign body sensation.

Illustration for 异物感 (foreign body sensation)

More examples

洗眼药水后眼睛还有异物感。xǐ yǎn yào shuǐ hòu yǎn jīng hái yǒu yì wù gǎn

After using eye drops, there is still a foreign body sensation in my eyes.

Core concept

A nagging sense that a particular body part contains or is touched by something that should not be there.

Common phrases

  • 感到异物感gǎn dào yì wù gǎn

    feel a foreign body sensation

  • 眼睛里有异物感yǎn jīng lǐ yǒu yì wù gǎn

    have a foreign body sensation in the eyes

Similar words

不适感bú shì gǎn: A general sense of physical discomfort in the body or a particular body part.
干涩感gān sè gǎn: A rough, scratchy feeling in the eye when its surface is dry and lacks enough tears.
刺痛感cì tòng gǎn: A short, sharp feeling of pain like being pricked by a thin needle.
瘙痒感sào yǎng gǎn: A tickly, itchy feeling that makes scratching seem necessary.

Definition in Chinese

由外来物触及或存在引起的局部不适感，常伴随刺痛、异样或阻碍感。yóu wài lái wù chù jí huò cún zài yín qǐ de jú bù bú shì gǎn cháng bàn suí cì tòng yì yàng huò zǔ ài gǎn

Word origin

异物感 (yìwùgǎn, "foreign-object sensation") is built by joining 异物 (yìwù, "foreign object") with 感 (gǎn, "sensation") to describe a localized bodily experience.

Usage tips

  • The sensation can be reported even when an examination finds no object, so the word does not by itself prove that anything has entered the body.

Other meanings

  • strange sensationnoun
  • discomfortnoun

Opposites

  • 舒适感shū shì gǎnsense of comfortnoun

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