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顺畅 (shùn chàng) — (of traffic, progress, etc.) smooth and unhindered; (of speech, writing, etc.) fluent

Definition

Covers both senses in one word: 'smooth, unhindered' for processes (traffic, progress) AND 'fluent, easy' for speech/writing. Pairs with 顺利 for events going well and 流畅 for language flow.

adjective
(of traffic, progress, etc.) smooth and unhindered(of speech, writing, etc.) fluent

Examples

  • ，顺畅。
    Zhè tiáo gāo sù gōng lù xiū hǎo hòu, jiāo tōng biàn de fēi cháng shùn chàng.
    After this expressway was built, the traffic became very smooth.
  • 顺畅，。
    Tā de zhōng wén kǒu yǔ hěn shùn chàng, jī hū méi yǒu kǒu yīn.
    His spoken Chinese is very fluent, almost without an accent.
  • 顺畅，。
    Xiàng mù jìn zhǎn dé shí fēn shùn chàng, bǐ yù qī kuài le hěn duō.
    The project is progressing very smoothly, much faster than expected.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

顺shùnsmooth
畅chàngunhindered

「顺」 and 「畅」 both convey smoothness and free flow.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 順; 顺 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
頁頁yè
Sound part声符shēngfú
川
川chuān順shùn
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 順 pairs 川 (river), which gives the sound, with 頁 (head); the picture is a head in a river, following the current. The simplified 顺 is a shorthand.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 暢; 畅 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
申申shēn
Sound part声符shēngfú
昜
昜yáng暢chàng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 暢 combines 申 and 昜, with 昜 giving the sound; the simplified 畅 is a later shorthand.

Open 畅 →
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