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清爽 (qīng shuǎng) — fresh and cool (of air, weather, taste); refreshing and comfortable (of feeling, mood, or skin after cleansing)

Definition

Describes a clean, fresh, comfortable sensation — typically air, weather, taste, or how the skin/body feels. It's a mild, positive word about physical refreshment, not emotional mood.

adjective
fresh and cool (of air, weather, taste)refreshing and comfortable (of feeling, mood, or skin after cleansing)

Examples

  • 清爽。
    Yǔ hòu de kōng qì tè bié qīng shuǎng.
    The air after the rain is especially fresh and cool.
  • 清爽。
    Zhè pán liáng bàn huáng guā chī qǐ lái hěn qīng shuǎng.
    This plate of cucumber salad tastes very refreshing.
  • ，清爽。
    Xǐ le gè rè shuǐ zǎo, gǎn jué quán shēn dōu qīng shuǎng duō le.
    After a hot bath, I feel much more refreshed all over.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

清qīngfresh
爽shuǎngrefreshing

清 (fresh) and 爽 (refreshing) combine to mean cool and comfortable.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
氵Written in full as水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
青
青qīng清qīng
Same sound today

清 has 氵 (water) on the left and 青 on the right to show its sound.

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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.

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