DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

英姿颯爽

简英姿飒爽 · 繁英姿颯爽

Mandarin · pinyin yīng zī sà shuǎng

(of a person) valiant and formidable-looking
to carry oneself tall

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

英: yīng · petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero; England, English
姿: zī · one's manner, carriage, bearing
颯: Look up this written character
爽: shuǎng · happy, cheerful; refreshing
飒: sà · the sound of the wind; bleak; melancholy

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

1–1–4–3 · ying1 zi1 sa4 shuang3

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

4character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

英姿颯爽 · find source passages ↗ · 英姿飒爽 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jing1 zi1 saap3 song2

Cantonese word readings for 英姿颯爽. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack