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涼
简 凉 · 繁 涼Mandarin · pinyin liáng#
Meanings · liáng
- cool
- cold
Mandarin · pinyin liàng#
Meanings · liàng
- to let sth cool down
Mandarin · pinyin Liáng#
Meanings · Liáng
- the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前涼 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼 Nán Liáng (397-414), Western Liang 西涼 (400-421)
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loeng4 · loeng6
Cantonese word readings for 涼. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- cool; cold
- discouraged; disheartened
- forlorn
- (traditional Chinese medicine) heat-preventing
- (slang, neologism) be done for; be finished or destroyed; gone for the dogs; curtains (for someone)
- (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) free from worry; congenial
- (Cantonese) to get cool (from a fan or an aircon)
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- to allow (a hot object) to cool by letting it sit for a while
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to assist
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