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Jyutping gam2 koi3
Pinyin gǎn kǎi

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to sigh with sorrow, regret etc
  2. rueful
  3. deeply moved
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. (verb) Lament
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 形容詞
    回望​過​去​嘅​時​候​有所​慨​嘆​嘅​心情
    melancholy of reminiscing the past
    • 佢對過去嘅經歷感慨萬千。
      佢对过去嘅经历感慨万千。
      keoi5 deoi3 gwo3 heoi3 ge3 ging1 lik6 gam2 koi3 maan6 cin1.
      He feels deeply melancholic for his past.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to have a stirring of emotion and sigh with regret
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #1261
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢对过去嘅经历感慨万千。
    佢對過去嘅經歷感慨萬千。
    keoi5 deoi3 gwo3 heoi3 ge3 ging1 lik6 gam2 koi3 maan6 cin1.
    • He feels deeply melancholic for his past.
  2. Cantonese
    喺灵堂度见到佢嘅遗像,真系感慨万千。
    喺靈堂度見到佢嘅遺像,真係感慨萬千。
    hai2 ling4 tong4 dou6 gin3 dou2 keoi5 ge3 wai4 zoeng6, zan1 hai6 gam2 koi3 maan6 cin1.
    • Seeing his photograph during the funeral made me feel emotional.
  3. Cantonese
    感慨万千
    感慨萬千
    gam2 koi3 man6 cin1
    • to be filled with melancholy
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Cantonese
    陈豪喂陈茵媺饮汤汤 感慨冇晒social life
    陈豪喂陈茵媺饮汤汤 感慨冇晒social life
    can4 hou4 wai3 can4 jan1 mei5 jam2 tong1 tong1, gam2 koi2 mou5 saai3 social life
    • Moses Chan feeds Aimee Chan soup, sighs with regret for not having a social life
  2. Mandarin
    欣闻欧洲华文作家协会成立二十年了,我自然而然想起了“十年树木,百年树人”的老话,颇多感慨。如果换一种表述方式,那是否可以说:人生几个二十年?
    欣聞歐洲華文作家協會成立二十年了,我自然而然想起了“十年樹木,百年樹人”的老話,頗多感慨。如果換一種表述方式,那是否可以説:人生幾個二十年?
    xīn wén ōu zhōu huá wén zuò jiā xié huì chéng lì èr shí nián le , wǒ zìránérrán xiǎng qǐ le “ shí nián shù mù , bǎi nián shù rén ” de lǎo huà , pō duō gǎn kǎi . rú guǒ huàn yī zhǒng biǎo shù fāng shì , nà shì fǒu kě yǐ shuō : rén shēng jǐ gè èr shí nián ?
    • Being glad to hear that it had been twenty years since CWAE was founded, I automatically remembered that old saying, "it takes a long time to produce a competent person". Many feelings welled up inside my mind. If I change its way of expression, then could it be "How many 'twenty years' are there in a person's life?"