凉 liáng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 冫 — ice
- Made of
- 冫 ice 京 capital city
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
凉爽
liángshuǎng
cool and refreshing
Characters in this word
爽 shuǎng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 爻 — diagrams for divination
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 雨后的山谷格外凉爽，连空气中都带着草木的清香。 Yǔ hòu de shāngǔ géwài liángshuǎng, lián kōngqì zhōng dōu dài zhe cǎomù de qīngxiāng. After the rain, the valley was especially cool and refreshing, with even the air carrying the fresh scent of plants.
- 秋天到了，早晚的天气变得凉爽起来。 Qiūtiān dào le, zǎowǎn de tiānqì biànde liángshuǎng qǐlai. With autumn here, the mornings and evenings have turned cool and fresh.
- 山上的夏天很凉爽，所以很多人来这里避暑。 Shān shang de xiàtiān hěn liángshuǎng, suǒyǐ hěn duō rén lái zhèlǐ bìshǔ. Summers in the mountains are cool and pleasant, so many people come here to escape the heat.
Related words
- 凉 liáng cool; cold
- 凉快 liángkuai pleasantly cool
- 凉水 liángshuǐ cold water
- 荒凉 huāngliáng desolate; bleak
- 凄凉 qīliáng bleak; desolate; miserable
- 清凉 qīngliáng cool and refreshing
- 爽 shuǎng comfortable; refreshed; frank
- 爽快 shuǎngkuai straightforward; candid; refreshed
- 清新 qīngxīn fresh; refreshing
- 闷热 mēnrè hot and stuffy; sultry
- 闷 mēn stuffy; to cover tightly; to keep covered
- 烈日 lièrì scorching sun; blazing sun