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凉爽 (liáng shuǎng) — cool and refreshing

Definition

A 2-syllable adjective for pleasantly cool weather or air — more vivid and sensory than the plain 凉. Compare 清凉 (drinks, breezes) and 爽 (also 'satisfying/frank').

adjective
cool and refreshing

Examples

  • 凉爽。
    Jīn tiān tiān qì hěn liáng shuǎng.
    Today the weather is cool and refreshing.
  • 凉爽。
    Zhè bēi níng méng shuǐ hē qǐ lái hěn liáng shuǎng.
    This glass of lemonade tastes cool and refreshing.
  • 凉爽。
    Xǐ wán liǎn gǎn jué tè bié liáng shuǎng.
    After washing my face, it feels especially cool and refreshing.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

凉liángcool
爽shuǎngrefreshing

凉 'cool' and 爽 'refreshing' combine to describe a pleasantly cool feeling.

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 涼; 凉 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
氵Written in full as水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
京
京jīng涼liáng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 涼 combines 氵 (water) with 京, which gives the sound; the simplified 凉 is a later abbreviation.

Open 凉 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

爽 is written by combining 大 and 㸚 to mean bright.

Open 爽 →
Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 7-9Weather

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