bright / clear / crisp / open / frank / straightforward / to feel well / fine / pleasurable / invigorating / to deviate
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How to pronounce 爽

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= shu initial

Shu is for Sheldon Shrimp.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ ang3 final

In the anglepod’s living room.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

爽 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= li + Ø3
sparse and clear
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= li + Ø4
to stop / to connect
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dài = d + ai4
see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
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= d + a4
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
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Characters with 爽 as component

elevated prominent ground
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variant of 鸘|鹴[shuang1]
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Words with 爽

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fresh and cool / relaxed
cool and refreshing
refreshed / rejuvenated / frank and straightforward

Sentences with 爽

爽 currently does not appear in any sentence.

Want to remember 爽 for good?

Make it your learning target and MandarinBanana works out the shortest route to it: the two sounds its syllable is built from, then the components of the character itself, one short step at a time. No account needed to start.

shuǎng

bright / clear / crisp / open / frank / straightforward / to feel well / fine / pleasurable / invigorating / to deviate

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