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

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

(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.
(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

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