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畅快 (chàng kuài) — carefree and unrestrained; cheerful and exuberant

Definition

畅快 (chàngkuài) describes a carefree, uninhibited feeling of joy and release — stronger and more unrestrained than 开心 or 高兴, often used for laughing freely or feeling refreshed.

adjective
carefree and unrestrainedcheerful and exuberant

Examples

  • 畅快，。
    Jīn tiān xīn qíng hěn chàng kuài, xiǎng chū qù zǒu zǒu.
    I'm in a very cheerful mood today and want to go out for a walk.
  • 畅快，。
    Tā xiào dé nà me chàng kuài, gǎn rǎn le suǒ yǒu rén.
    He laughed so freely and exuberantly that it infected everyone.
  • ，畅快。
    Zài jià qī lǐ, wǒ gǎn dào wú bǐ chàng kuài.
    During the vacation, I felt incomparably carefree.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

畅chànguninhibited
快kuàicheerful

畅 means uninhibited and 快 means cheerful, together describing a free, comfortable mood.

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 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.

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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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
忄Written in full as心xīn
Sound part声符shēngfú
夬
夬guài快kuài
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

快 pairs the left part 忄 (full form 心, the heart) with the right part 夬, which gives the sound.

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