涼快

See also: 凉快

Chinese

		cool; cold	fast; quick; swift
trad. (涼快)		涼	快
simp. (凉快)		凉	快

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liángkuài

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄎㄨㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁴ faai³
Min Nan (POJ): liâng-khoài

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: liángkuài → liángkuai (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄎㄨㄞˋ → ㄌㄧㄤˊ ˙ㄎㄨㄞ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liang.kuay
  - IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ³⁵ kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/ → /li̯ɑŋ³⁵ kʰu̯aɪ̯³/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: liángkuàir → liángkuair (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄎㄨㄞˋㄦ → ㄌㄧㄤˊ ˙ㄎㄨㄞㄦ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liang.kuall
  - IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ³⁵ kʰwɑɻ⁵¹/ → /li̯ɑŋ³⁵ kʰwɑɻ³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: loeng⁴ faai³
  - Yale: lèuhng faai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁴ faai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁴ fai³
  - IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ²¹ faːi̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâng-khoài
  - Tâi-lô: liâng-khuài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liangqoaix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liaŋ²⁴⁻²² kʰuai²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liaŋ²⁴⁻²² kʰuai⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liaŋ¹³⁻²² kʰuai²¹/

Adjective

涼快

(of weather, temperature) pleasantly cool; nice and cool
(figuratively, of clothes) scantily clad

Synonyms

(pleasantly cool): 涼爽／凉爽 (liángshuǎng); (Min Nan) 秋凊

Antonyms

(pleasantly cool): 暖和 (nuǎnhuo), 溫暖／温暖 (wēnnuǎn), (Hakka, Min Nan) 燒熱／烧热, (Min Nan) 燒烙／烧烙, 燒晴／烧晴

Verb

涼快

to cool off; to make oneself cool in temperature
(figuratively, derogatory) to go away; to go to a cool place and enjoy oneself, not meddle with the matter at hand

See also

(Min Nan) 秋凊 (chhiu-chhìn)

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