打动

dǎ dòng

HSK 3.0 Level 6 Verb Common

Definitions

1. to move (to pity)
2. arousing (sympathy)
3. touching

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Word relationships

Antonyms

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激怒

jī nù

to infuriate

激怒 means 'to enrage', opposite of moving someone to sympathy or positive emotions.

Related words

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感染

gǎn rǎn

to infect; infection

感染 means 'to infect' or 'to influence', often used when one's emotions spread to others.

Synonyms

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感动

gǎn dòng

to move (sb)

打动 emphasizes the act of moving someone emotionally, while 感动 can be used as a verb or adjective meaning 'to be moved'.

触动

chù dòng

to touch

打动 focuses on emotionally moving someone; 触动 can also mean 'to touch' in a physical or emotional sense, but is less intense.

Usage notes

Collocations

打动 is often used with 人心, as in 打动人心 (to move people's hearts). It collocates with words like 听众, 观众, or 读者.

Common mistakes

不要混淆打动 (to move emotionally) 和打动 as a physical action; in modern Chinese, 打动 almost exclusively means emotional moving, not 'to strike' physically.

Example Sentences

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这个故事打动了很多人。

This story moved many people.

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Child Words of 打动

(of sth) to move

dozen (loanword)

to beat

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