Understanding emotions

어휘

• 情绪emotion / mood
• 焦虑anxiety
• 沮丧frustration / dejection
• 愤怒anger
• 共情empathy
• 自我调节self-regulation
• 情绪化emotional / emotionally reactive
• 压抑to suppress / repression
• 发泄to vent / to release emotions
• 内疚guilt

표현

• 我能理解你的感受I can understand how you feel — the most natural empathetic expression in Chinese for showing emotional understanding
• 我感到非常焦虑I feel very anxious — 感到 is used for physical or emotional sensations, more formal than 觉得
• 她的情绪起伏很大Her emotions fluctuate greatly — 起伏 literally means rise and fall, used for emotional ups and downs
• 把愤怒发泄出来To vent anger / release anger — the 把 construction moves the emotion as a direct object, with 发泄出来 as the resultative complement
• 长期压抑情绪会影响健康Long-term emotional suppression can affect health — used when discussing the psychological impact of not expressing feelings
• 换位思考有助于培养共情能力Perspective-taking helps develop empathy — a nuanced B2 phrase for discussing emotional intelligence

자주 하는 실수

• ✗我觉到他很生气。
  ✓我感到他很生气。

  觉 cannot be used alone as a verb — use 感到 (feel/sense) or 觉得 (think/feel). 觉到 is not a standard verb; 感到 is the correct choice when describing perceived emotions

• ✗她把情绪压抑了出来。
  ✓她把情绪发泄出来了。

  压抑 means to suppress, which is the opposite of releasing. To express releasing emotions use 发泄出来 (vent out). Mixing 压抑 with 出来 creates a logical contradiction

• ✗我能了解你的感受。
  ✓我能理解你的感受。

  了解 means to know or be familiar with (factual understanding). For emotional empathy and understanding feelings, use 理解 instead

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