STIMULATE    感動感

CAUSE to REACT.
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Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for stimulating a sentient being into action, or causing feelings, is gǎn 感 (ant. yìng 應 "respond"). 2. Jī 激 refers to prodding something or someone into action. 3. Dòng 動 refers to bringing about action or movement in someone or something. 4. Kāng kǎi 慷慨 is marginal in this group and refers to a tendency to be moved into actions and feelings by other things.
Modern Chinese Criteria
感動 激發 打動 激 激動 動容 感觸 棖觸 刺激 激勵 使興奮 使有生气 百感叢生 勖 (lit, obs) refers to encouraging or prompting something, and the word is marginal in the series. 感 觸 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • REACT　CHANGE one's THINKING OR ACTING BECAUSE one is PERCEIVING something. (anc: 10/0, child: 5)
  • CHANGE　EVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2. (anc: 9/0, child: 18)
  • EVENT　REALITY that ARISES in TIME. (anc: 8/0, child: 4)
  • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 8.555

    REIZ UND REAKTION

  • Using Chinese Synonyms ( GRACE ZHANG 2010) p. 136

  • Chinese Synonyms Usage Dictionary ( TENG SHOU-HSIN 1996) p. 210

    • Words (7 items)

    動  dòng OC: dooŋʔ MC: duŋ 11 Attributions

    Dòng 動 refers to bringing about action or movement in someone or something.

      Word relations
    • Contrast: 感/STIMULATE The current general word for stimulating a sentient being into action, or causing feelings, is gǎn 感 (ant. yìng 應 "respond").
    • Contrast: 興/MOBILISE Xīng 興 refers to a large scale mobilisation of an armed force which may or may not be used in military action.
    • Contrast: 鼓/ENCOURAGE
    • Assoc: 撼/MOVE
    • Assoc: 感/STIMULATE The current general word for stimulating a sentient being into action, or causing feelings, is gǎn 感 (ant. yìng 應 "respond").

      Syntactic words
    • vibe stimulated
    • vtoNmove; stimulate; have an impact on
    • vtoNpassive, middle voicebe touched, be psychologically affected
    感  gǎn OC: koomʔ MC: kəm 11 Attributions

    The current general word for stimulating a sentient being into action, or causing feelings, is gǎn 感 (ant. yìng 應 "respond").

      Syntactic words
    • vibe affected, be (cosmologically) moved or stimulated into action, can be positive and negative
    • vtoNaffect psychologically, move; of things and humans
    • vtoNpassivebe stimulated by
    • vtoNpassivebe stimulated by, be affected by; allow oneself to be moved by
    激  jī OC: kleeɡ MC: kek 2 Attributions

    Jī 激 refers to prodding something or someone into action.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 勸/ENCOURAGE The dominant current word is quàn 勸 (ant. jǔ 沮 "try to stop") which refers to all kinds of encouragement, both from inferiors and from superiors.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNstimulate, move
    • vtoNpassivebe stimulated by
    觸  chù OC: thjoɡ MC: tɕhi̯ok 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNpassivebe stimulated into action 觸其情 "be stimulated into action by instincts"
    起  qǐ OC: khɯʔ MC: khɨ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoN
    • vtoNstimulate and inspireCH
    奮  fèn MC: pjunH OC: pɯns 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vichangebecome aroused, agitatedLZ
    慷慨  kǎng kài OC: khlaaŋʔ khɯɯds MC: khɑŋ khɑi 0 Attributions

    Kāng kǎi 慷慨 is marginal in this group and refers to a tendency to be moved into actions and feelings by other things.

      Syntactic words
    • VPistativebe fervent, be intensely moved