预感 yùgǎn to have a premonition
to have a premonition; premonition
How to remember 预感: 预 in advance + 感 feel = to have a premonition.
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How it is used
- A premonition / hunch about something coming - 我有种不好的预感 (wǒ yǒu zhǒng bù hǎo de yùgǎn) I have a bad feeling about this.
- Both noun and verb; an intuitive sense of a future event, often ominous.
- Contrast 感觉 (gǎnjué, a general feeling/perception) - 预感 specifically anticipates something not yet happened.
Example sentences
- 我的预感被证明是正确的。 Wǒ de yùgǎn bèi zhèngmíng shì zhèngquè de.My premonition turned out to be right.