涼涼

Chinese

		cool; cold	cool; cold
trad. (涼涼)		涼	涼
simp. (凉凉)		凉	凉

Etymology

As a slang term: popularised by the ending theme song of the TV series Eternal Love, whose title was 《涼涼》.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liángliáng

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: liángliáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄤˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liangliang
  - IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ³⁵ li̯ɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: loeng⁴ loeng⁴
  - Yale: lèuhng lèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁴ loeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁴ lêng⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /lœ̽ːŋ²¹ lœ̽ːŋ²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâng-liâng
  - Tâi-lô: liâng-liâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liangliaang
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liaŋ²⁴⁻²² liaŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liaŋ²⁴⁻²² liaŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liaŋ¹³⁻²² liaŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liaŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ liaŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liaŋ²³⁻³³ liaŋ²³/

Adjective

涼涼

slightly cold; chilly
(originally literary, now slang, neologism) deserted; unpopular; (slang) disappointed; downhearted
(slang, neologism) be done for; be finished or destroyed; gone for the dogs; curtains (for someone)
EdgeHTML 已經涼涼了！ / EdgeHTML 已经凉凉了！ ― EdgeHTML yǐjīng liángliáng le! ― EdgeHTML is already dead!

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