Chinese Conversation · Level 75
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Chinese word
触觉
Pronunciation
Pinyinchù jué
Meaning
- nounsense of touch
Example
他的触觉很灵敏。tā de chù jué hěn líng mǐn
He has a very sensitive sense of touch.
More examples
现代手机常用触觉反馈来提示用户操作。xiàn dài shǒu jī cháng yòng chù jué fǎn kuì lái tí shì yòng hù cāo zuò
Modern smartphones often use haptic feedback to signal user actions.
Core concept
Immediate information from contact, felt through the skin as pressure, warmth, coolness, or light touch.
Common phrases
触觉敏锐chù jué mǐn ruì
keen sense of touch
触觉反馈chù jué fǎn kuì
haptic feedback
Similar words
感觉gǎn jué: A feeling produced by outside stimulation or by the body's condition.
触感chù gǎn: The surface feel noticed when touching an object or material.
手感shóu gǎn: The way an object feels in the hand and how easy it is to hold or use.
Definition in Chinese
触觉是指接触时产生的即时感觉，包含压觉、温觉和轻触等对物体属性的直接感知。chù jué shì zhǐ jiē chù shí chǎn shēng de jí shí gǎn jué bāo hán yā jué wēn jué hé qīng chù děng duì wù tǐ shǔ xìng de zhí jiē gǎn zhī
Word origin
触觉 (chùjué, "sense of touch") combines 触 (chù, "touch") + 觉 (jué, "perceive"), naming awareness that arises through contact.
Usage tips
- In everyday conversation, 触觉 (chùjué, "sense of touch") sounds more technical than 摸起来 (mō qǐlái, "feel to the touch"), which describes how an object feels in a natural, concrete way.
Other meanings
- tactile feelnoun
- skin sensationnoun
Opposites
- 麻痹má bìnumbnessnoun
Related words
- 触觉受体chù jué shòu tǐtactile receptornoun
- 触觉训练chù jué xùn liàntactile trainingnoun