同情 — meaning in English
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English meaning
- compassion noun A deep sense of concern for someone else's suffering, strong enough to make you want to help.
- condolence noun An expression of sympathy offered to someone who has experienced a loss, especially a death.
- empathize verb To understand and share the feelings of another person.
- pity noun A feeling of sorrow or sympathy for someone else's suffering.
- sympathize verb To feel or express understanding and care for someone else's suffering or situation.
- sympathy noun A feeling of pity or sorrow for someone else's suffering or misfortune.
Senses
同情 is used for these senses in English:
- compassion (by extension, psychology) Deep awareness of the individual experiences of suffering of others or themselves that people have to the point of them being motivated to relieve such experiences, as reflected by the psychological term self-compassion.
- condolence (uncountable) Comfort, support or sympathy.
- empathize (intransitive) to feel empathy for another person
- pity (uncountable) A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something.
- sympathize (intransitive) To have, show or express sympathy; to be affected by feelings similar to those of another, in consequence of knowing the person to be thus affected
- sympathy A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another.