Chinese word

打动

Pronunciation

Pinyindǎ dòng

Meaning

  • verbmove

Example

这个电影真的打动了我。zhè ge diàn yǐng zhēn de dǎ dòng le wǒ

This movie really moved me.

Illustration for 打动 (move)

More examples

她的演讲用事实和真情打动了听众。tā de yán jiǎng yòng shì shí hé zhēn qíng dǎ dòng le tīng zhòng

Her speech moved the audience with facts and genuine emotion.

Core concept

Something touches a person deeply enough to create a strong emotional response.

Common phrases

  • 打动读者dǎ dòng dú zhě

    move readers

  • 打动听众dǎ dòng tīng zhòng

    move listeners

  • 打动人心dǎ dòng rén xīn

    touch people's hearts

Similar words

感动gǎn dòng: Move someone deeply, leaving a strong impression that may bring tears or shared feeling.
触动chù dòng: Stir someone's feelings gently by bringing back memories or past thoughts.
共鸣gòng míng: Resonate with someone so that the person feels the same emotion.
感染gán rǎn: Spread one person's strong feeling or mood to other people and affect them.

Definition in Chinese

用言语、行为或事物引起他人的情感反应，使对方感到感动、同情或感激。yòng yán yǔ xíng wéi huò shì wù yín qǐ tā rén de qíng gǎn fǎn yìng shǐ duì fāng gǎn dào gǎn dòng tóng qíng huò gǎn jī

Word origin

打 (dǎ, "strike") + 动 (dòng, "move") combines physical impact with inner movement, so the compound describes an outside influence that stirs a person's feelings.

Usage tips

  • In everyday Chinese, the source of the feeling commonly comes before the person affected, which makes emotional cause and recipient easy to identify in a sentence.

Other meanings

  • impressverb

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