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爽

shuǎng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 character level 7-9 Character

爽 (shuǎng) means "bright; clear; crisp". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 爽 means

1. bright
2. clear
3. crisp
4. open
5. frank
6. straightforward
7. to feel well
8. fine
9. pleasurable
10. invigorating
11. to deviate

Example sentences

• 真爽快！
  Zhēn shuǎngkuai!
  Really refreshing!
• 天气挺凉爽。
  Tiānqì tǐng liángshuǎng.
  The weather is quite pleasantly cool.
• 最近的天气愈来愈凉爽了。
  Zuì jìn de tiānqì yùláiyù liángshuǎng le.
  It is getting cooler and cooler.
• 今天上午很凉爽，不是吗？
  Jīntiān shàngwǔ hěn liángshuǎng, bùshìma?
  It's cool this morning, isn't it?
• 朋友之间，大家谈谈心，非常爽快。
  Péngyou zhījiān, dàjiā tántán xīn, fēicháng shuǎngkuai.
  Between friends, to have a heart-to-heart is really rejuvenating.
• 炎炎夏日，空调全天开放让我们保持凉爽。
  Yányán xiàrì, kōngtiáo quántiān kāifàng ràng wǒmen bǎochí liángshuǎng.
  On a hot summer day, the air conditioner works all day to keep us cool.

Words starting with 爽

• 爽快shuǎng kuairefreshed; rejuvenated; frank and straightforward
• 爽朗shuǎng lǎngclear and bright (of weather); straightforward; candid
• 爽口shuǎng kǒufresh and tasty
• 爽亮shuǎng liàngclear; open; bright
• 爽健shuǎng jiànto feel well; healthy and carefree
• 爽利shuǎng lìefficient; brisk; neat
• 爽意shuǎng yìpleasant
• 爽捷shuǎng jiéreadily; in short order
• 爽气shuǎng qìcool fresh air; straightforward
• 爽然shuǎng ránopen and happy; carefree; at a loss
• 爽当shuǎng dāngwith alacrity; frank and spontaneous
• 爽目shuǎng mùpleasant to behold; attractive
• 爽直shuǎng zhístraightforward
• 爽约shuǎng yuēto miss an appointment; to break an appointment
• 爽脆shuǎng cuìsharp and clear; frank; straightfoward
• 爽肤水shuǎng fū shuǐtoner (cosmetics)
• 爽身粉shuǎng shēn fěnbaby powder; talcum powder
• 爽心悦目shuǎng xīn yuè mùbeautiful and heartwarming
• 爽心美食shuǎng xīn měi shícomfort food
• 爽然若失shuǎng rán ruò shīat a loss; confused; not know what to do next
• 爽爽快快shuǎng shuǎng kuài kuàiin short order; straightforward
• 爽畅shuǎng chàngpleasant
• 爽歪了shuǎng wāi le(slang) awesome; amazing; too cool!; sick
• 爽歪歪shuǎng wāi wāito feel great; blissful; to be in bliss

Words containing 爽

• 不爽bù shuǎngnot well; out of sorts; in a bad mood
• 清爽qīng shuǎngfresh and cool; relaxed
• 凉爽liáng shuǎngcool and refreshing
• 豪爽háo shuǎngoutspoken and straightforward; forthright; expansive
• 直爽zhí shuǎngstraightforward; outspoken
• 神清气爽shén qīng qì shuǎng(idiom) full of vitality; relaxed and alert
• 秋高气爽qiū gāo qì shuǎngclear and refreshing autumn weather
• 屡试不爽lǚ shì bù shuǎngwell-tried; time-tested
• 干爽gān shuǎngdry and clean; clear and fresh
• 宽爽kuān shuǎnghappy
• 暗爽àn shuǎngto be secretly delighted
• 脆爽cuì shuǎng(of food) crispy and tasty; (of a voice or sound) sharp and clear
• 果倍爽Guǒ bèi shuǎngCapri-Sun, juice drink brand
• 报应不爽bào yìng bù shuǎngdivine retribution is unfailing (idiom); one is inevitably punished for one's misdeeds
• 毫厘不爽háo lí bù shuǎngnot to deviate an iota (idiom); to be extremely accurate
• 毫发不爽háo fà bù shuǎngnot to deviate one hair's breadth (idiom); to be extremely accurate
• 秋风送爽qiū fēng sòng shuǎngthe cool autumn breeze (idiom)
• 身心爽快shēn xīn shuǎng kuàirefreshment
• 飒爽sà shuǎngheroic; valiant
• 英姿飒爽yīng zī sà shuǎng(of a person) valiant and formidable-looking; to carry oneself tall
• 天高气爽tiān gāo qì shuǎngsee 秋高气爽

Characters that look like 爽

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 离líto leave; to part from; to be away from
• 奥àoobscure; mysterious
• 桑sāng(bound form) mulberry tree
• 乘chéngto ride; to mount; to make use of
• 厥juéto faint; to lose consciousness; his
• 舜ShùnShun (c. 23rd century BC), mythical sage and leader

Sounds the same

Read shuǎng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 塽(literary) elevated sunlit ground

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shuǎng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.