Definition

1. Verb:

   • To perceive; to sense; to apprehend: To receive and interpret sensory information or emotional impressions from the external world. It emphasizes the internal process of feeling and understanding an external stimulus.
   • To be receptive/sensitive to: To have the capacity or tendency to deeply feel and appreciate subtle qualities, especially in art, beauty, or emotion.

2. Noun (as used in compounds like "khả năng cảm thụ"):

   • Perception; sensibility; receptivity: The capacity or faculty for sensing, feeling, and appreciating.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Trẻ em cảm thụ thế giới xung quanh một cách trực tiếp và chân thật. (Children perceive the world around them in a direct and honest way.)
  • Cô ấy có khả năng cảm thụ âm nhạc rất tinh tế. (She has a very refined ability to appreciate music.)
  • Mục tiêu là nâng cao khả năng cảm thụ nghệ thuật của học sinh. (The goal is to enhance the students' artistic sensibility.)

Advanced Usage

• "cơ quan cảm thụ": sensory organ; receptor organ.
  • Da là một cơ quan cảm thụ quan trọng. (The skin is an important sensory organ.)
• "tính cảm thụ": receptivity; sensitivity.
  • Nhà thơ thường có tính cảm thụ cao trước sự thay đổi của thiên nhiên. (Poets often have a high receptivity to changes in nature.)

Variants and Related Words

• Cảm nhận (v/n): To feel; to sense; feeling. (Often used more generally for personal feelings, while can imply a deeper, more analytical or aesthetic appreciation.)
• Tiếp nhận (v): To receive; to accept. (More neutral, focusing on the act of receiving rather than the sensory/emotional processing.)
• Thưởng thức (v): To enjoy; to savor. (Implies active enjoyment, whereas can be more passive or innate.)

Synonyms

• Perceive: To become aware of through the senses.
• Apprehend: To grasp mentally or emotionally.
• Sense: To detect or feel.
• Be sensitive/receptive to: Having a quick or delicate ability to perceive or feel.

Related Concepts

• Thẩm mỹ (n): Aesthetics. (The broader philosophy of beauty, which is a key part of.)
• Cảm xúc (n): Emotion; feeling. (The emotional result of the process of .)
• Phân tích (v): To analyze. (The logical process that can follow initial .)

verb

1. To be sensitive
   • cơ quan cảm thụ
     sensory organs
   • cảm thụ cái hay cái đẹp
     to be sensitive to the interesting and the beautiful
   • nâng cao khả năng cảm thụ nghệ thuật
     to enhance the artistic sense