# 感嘆
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gǎntàn
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢˇ ㄊㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gam$^2$ taan$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kám-than / kám-tham
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kám-thàn
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gam$^2$ tang$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gǎntàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄢˇ ㄊㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gǎntàn
*** Wade–Giles: kan$^3$-tʻan$^4$
*** Yale: gǎn-tàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaantann
*** Palladius: ганьтань (ganʹtanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰän⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gam$^2$ taan$^3$
*** Yale: gám taan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gam$^2$ taan$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gem$^2$ tan$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɐm³⁵ tʰaːn³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kám-than / kám-tham
*** Hakka Romanization System: gam$^ˋ$ tan / gam$^ˋ$ tam
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gam$^3$ tan$^4$ / gam$^3$ tam$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /kam³¹ tʰan⁵⁵/, /kam³¹ tʰam⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kám-thàn
*** Tâi-lô: kám-thàn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kafmtaxn
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰan²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰan⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰan²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰan¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰan²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: gam$^2$ tang$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kám thàng
*** Sinological IPA : /kam⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰaŋ²¹³/

### Verb

感嘆
* to sigh (with regret); to lament; to exclaim

#### Synonyms

* 嗟嘆／嗟叹 (jiētàn) (literary)
* 嘆惜／叹惜 (tànxī)
* 慨嘆／慨叹 (kǎitàn)
* 慷慨 (kāngkǎi) (Classical Chinese)
* 興嘆／兴叹 (xīngtàn)
* 道嘆／道叹 (Hakka)

#### Derived terms

* 感嘆號／感叹号 (gǎntànhào)
* 感嘆詞／感叹词 (gǎntàncí)

#### Related terms

* 感慨 (gǎnkǎi)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 感 | 嘆 |
| かん Grade: 3 | たん Grade: S |
| on'yomi ||
* Alternative spelling
* 感嘆 (kyūjitai)

### Alternative forms

* 感歎

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kã̠ntã̠ɴ]

### Noun

感(かん)嘆(たん) • (kantan)
* admiration, wonderment

### Verb

感(かん)嘆(たん)する • (kantan suru) intransitive suru (stem 感(かん)嘆(たん)し (kantan shi), past 感(かん)嘆(たん)した (kantan shita))
* admire, marvel
    素晴(すば)らしい演奏(えんそう)に感嘆(かんたん)する
       subarashii ensō ni kantan suru
       admire a splendid musical performance

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 感嘆し | かんたんし | kantan shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 感嘆し | かんたんし | kantan shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 感嘆する | かんたんする | kantan suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 感嘆する | かんたんする | kantan suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 感嘆すれ | かんたんすれ | kantan sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 感嘆せよ¹ 感嘆しろ² | かんたんせよ¹ かんたんしろ² | kantan seyo¹ kantan shiro² |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 感嘆される | かんたんされる | kantan sareru |
| Causative | 感嘆させる 感嘆さす | かんたんさせる かんたんさす | kantan saseru kantan sasu |
| Potential | 感嘆できる | かんたんできる | kantan dekiru |
| Volitional | 感嘆しよう | かんたんしよう | kantan shiyō |
| Negative | 感嘆しない | かんたんしない | kantan shinai |
| Negative continuative | 感嘆せず | かんたんせず | kantan sezu |
| Formal | 感嘆します | かんたんします | kantan shimasu |
| Perfective | 感嘆した | かんたんした | kantan shita |
| Conjunctive | 感嘆して | かんたんして | kantan shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 感嘆すれば | かんたんすれば | kantan sureba |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ||||

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 感 | 嘆 |

### Noun

感嘆 • (gamtan) (hangeul 감탄)
* Alternative form of 感歎 (“admiration; wonderment”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 感 | 嘆 |

### Verb

感嘆
* chữ Hán form of cảm thán (“to sigh with emotion”).