cảm tính

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 感性.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [kaːm˧˩ tïŋ˧˦]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [kaːm˧˨ tɨn˦˧˥]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [kaːm˨˩˦ tɨn˦˥]

Noun

cảm tính

  1. sensibility; perception (especially about the future)
    Cảm tính mách bảo rằng không nên tin nó.
    My sense told me we shouldn't trust him.
  2. (by extension, colloquial) feeling; liking; personal impulse
    Cảm tính thôi, ai biết được.
    Dunno man, I just feel like it.
  3. (philosophy) sentience