涼快

See also: 凉快

Chinese

		cool; cold	fast; quick; swift
trad. (涼快/凉快)		涼/凉	快
simp. (凉快)		凉	快

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liángkuài

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄎㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁴ faai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liâng-khoài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liángkuài → liángkuai (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄎㄨㄞˋ → ㄌㄧㄤˊ ˙ㄎㄨㄞ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liángkuåi
    • Wade–Giles: liang²-kʻuai⁵
    • Yale: lyáng-kwai
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liang.kuay
    • Palladius: лянкуай (ljankuaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ³⁵ kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/ → /li̯ɑŋ³⁵ kʰu̯aɪ̯³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liángkuàir → liángkuair (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄎㄨㄞˋㄦ → ㄌㄧㄤˊ ˙ㄎㄨㄞㄦ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liángkuåir
    • Wade–Giles: liang²-kʻuai⁵-ʼrh
    • Yale: lyáng-kwair
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liang.kuall
    • Palladius: лянкуайр (ljankuajr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ³⁵ kʰu̯ɑɻ⁵¹/ → /li̯ɑŋ³⁵ kʰu̯ɑɻ³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: loeng⁴ faai³
    • Yale: lèuhng faai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁴ faai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁴ fai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ²¹ faːi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâng-khoài
    • Tâi-lô: liâng-khuài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liangqoaix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liaŋ²⁴⁻²² kʰuai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liaŋ²⁴⁻²² kʰuai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liaŋ¹³⁻²² kʰuai²¹/

Adjective

涼快

1. (of weather, temperature) pleasantly cool; nice and cool

   嘿！這地兒挺涼快的，咱就在這兒待著吧！ [dialectal Mandarin, trad.]
   嘿！这地儿挺凉快的，咱就在这儿待着吧！ [dialectal Mandarin, simp.]

   Hēi! Zhèi dìr tǐng liángkuai de, zán jiù zǎi zhèr dài zhe ba! [Pinyin]

   Oh! This place is quite cool. Let's stay here.

2. (figurative, of clothes) scantily clad

Synonyms

• (pleasantly cool): 涼爽／凉爽 (liángshuǎng); (Jin) 涼哨／凉哨; (Hokkien) 秋凊 (chhiu-chhìn)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "pleasantly cool"): 暖和 (nuǎnhuo), 溫暖／温暖 (wēnnuǎn), (Hakka, Hokkien) 燒熱／烧热, (Hokkien) 燒烙／烧烙, 燒晴／烧晴

Verb

涼快

1. to cool off; to make oneself cool in temperature
2. (figurative, derogatory) to go away; to go to a cool place and enjoy oneself, not meddle with the matter at hand

See also

• (Hokkien) 秋凊 (chhiu-chhìn)