觉得
to feel; to think
HSK level
- Pinyin
- juéde
- Part of speech
- verb
- Level
- HSK 2
- Strokes
- 20
- Register
- neutral
- In episodes
- 4
Stroke order for 觉得
觉得 is written with 20 strokes (觉: 9, 得: 11). The animation replays automatically.
What does 觉得 mean?
觉得 (juéde) means 'to feel' or 'to think' — it covers both sensory feelings and personal opinions.
It is the workhorse verb for expressing what you think: 我觉得这个不错 ('I think this isn't bad'), 我觉得很累 ('I feel very tired'). The structure is simply 觉得 + clause or adjective. Two things to know: first, the second syllable is neutral tone (juéde), not jué dé; second, 觉得 is softer and more personal than 认为 (rènwéi) — 觉得 is for everyday opinions and feelings, while 认为 carries the weight of a considered conclusion (you 认为 in essays and debates). Native speakers often soften statements with 我觉得 the way English speakers add 'I think...'
or 'I feel like...' to avoid sounding too direct. The character 觉 has a second reading jiào, used in 睡觉 ('to sleep') — same character, different pronunciation, different meaning.
Note: Universal in everyday speech for offering opinions or sensations. Slightly less formal than 认为 (rènwéi), which is preferred in writing and serious arguments.
Character by character
Memory hook: 觉 (perceive) + 得 (get) — to 'get a perception,' to feel something inwardly. The same 觉 in 睡觉 (sleep, jiào) flips pronunciation but the underlying idea is sensing.
Hear 觉得 in real episodes
觉得 appears in 4 Fluentide podcast episodes at natural native speed. Each sentence plays at the easiest difficulty it exists in — switch it to hear the same moment at your level, with full pinyin and English throughout.
别的运动员跟在他后面骑，也不觉得轻松。
Other riders who follow behind him don't find it any easier.
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你觉得，女孩子应该打棒球，还是打垒球？
Do you think girls should play baseball, or softball?
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他不想再打羽毛球，也觉得网球跑得太多，太累了。
He didn't want to play badminton again, and he felt tennis involved too much running and was too tiring.
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他觉得，员工睡得好，工作才能做得好。
He believes that only when employees sleep well can they work well.
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Example sentences
我觉得这个菜很好吃。
Wǒ juéde zhè ge cài hěn hǎochī.
I think this dish is delicious.
spoken
你觉得怎么样？
Nǐ juéde zěnmeyàng?
What do you think?
spoken
今天我觉得很累。
Jīntiān wǒ juéde hěn lèi.
I feel very tired today.
neutral
我不觉得他是坏人。
Wǒ bù juéde tā shì huài rén.
I don't think he's a bad person.
neutral
Common phrases with 觉得
Synonyms
Don't confuse 觉得 with
Same character 觉 but pronounced jiào here, meaning 'sleep' (a noun). 睡觉 = 'to sleep.' Easy to mix up because 觉 looks identical.
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