Definition

1. Verb:
   • To sympathize with: To share in or understand the feelings, emotions, or situation of another person, especially those involving difficulty or suffering. It implies a connection of feeling.
   • To be understanding / To show empathy: To comprehend and be sensitive to another person's perspective, circumstances, or emotional state without necessarily having experienced the same thing.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Tôi thực sự cảm thông với hoàn cảnh của cô ấy. (I truly sympathize with her situation.)
  • Anh ấy là người rất biết cảm thông. (He is a very understanding person.)
  • Chúng tôi cảm thông sâu sắc với những gia đình nạn nhân. (We deeply sympathize with the victims' families.)

Advanced Usage

• "cảm thông và chia sẻ": to sympathize and share. This phrase emphasizes both emotional connection and the act of sharing the burden.
  • Cộng đồng luôn sẵn sàng cảm thông và chia sẻ. (The community is always ready to sympathize and share.)

Variants and Related Words

• Thông cảm (v): This is a near-synonym, often used interchangeably with "cảm thông," meaning to sympathize or to be understanding.

  • Xin hãy thông cảm cho tôi. (Please be understanding / Please sympathize with me.)

• Đồng cảm (v): to empathize. This word often suggests a deeper, more profound level of shared feeling or experience.

  • Tôi có thể đồng cảm với nỗi cô đơn của bạn. (I can empathize with your loneliness.)

Synonyms

• Sympathize: To feel or express compassion for someone.
• Understand: To comprehend the feelings or situation of another.
• Empathize: To intellectually and emotionally identify with another's feelings.

Related Idioms

• Cảm thông sâu sắc: to deeply sympathize. This is a common intensifier.
  • Bài phát biểu thể hiện sự cảm thông sâu sắc. (The speech expressed deep sympathy.)

verb

1. To sympathize with, to be understanding
   • cảm thông sâu sắc với quần chúng
     to deeply sympathize with the masses