爽朗

Chinese

		invigorating; straightforward; frank invigorating; straightforward; frank; open; bright; clear	clear; bright
simp. and trad. (爽朗)		爽	朗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǎnglǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄤˇ ㄌㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): song² long⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sóng-lóng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǎnglǎng [Phonetic: shuánglǎng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄤˇ ㄌㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuǎnglǎng
    • Wade–Giles: shuang³-lang³
    • Yale: shwǎng-lǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoanglaang
    • Palladius: шуанлан (šuanlan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: song² long⁵
    • Yale: sóng lóhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: song² long⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: song² long⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔːŋ³⁵ lɔːŋ¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sóng-lóng
    • Tâi-lô: sóng-lóng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sofnglorng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/

Adjective

爽朗

1. (of weather) bright and clear
2. (of personality) candid; frank and open

Synonyms

• (candid):

• 了當／了当 (liǎodàng)
• 坦率 (tǎnshuài)
• 坦白 (tǎnbái)
• 實誠／实诚 (shíchéng) (colloquial)
• 忠厚 (zhōnghòu)
• 憨厚 (hānhòu)
• 憨實／憨实 (hānshí)
• 憨直 (hānzhí)
• 敞快 (chǎngkuai)
• 暢快／畅快 (chàngkuài)
• 樸實／朴实 (pǔshí)
• 爽快 (shuǎngkuài)
• 爽直 (shuǎngzhí)
• 率直 (shuàizhí)
• 疏朗 (shūlǎng) (literary)
• 痛快 (tòngkuài)
• 直爽 (zhíshuǎng)
• 直率 (zhíshuài)
• 直白 (zhíbái)
• 老實／老实 (lǎoshí)

 

Related terms

• 豁達／豁达 (huòdá)
• 開闊／开阔 (kāikuò)
• 開朗／开朗 (kāilǎng)