涼涼

Chinese

		cool; cold	cool; cold
trad. (涼涼)		涼	涼
simp. (凉凉)		凉	凉

Etymology

As a slang term: popularised by the ending theme song of the TV series Eternal Love, whose title was 《涼涼》.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liángliáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁴ loeng⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liâng-liâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liángliáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liángliáng
    • Wade–Giles: liang²-liang²
    • Yale: lyáng-lyáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liangliang
    • Palladius: лянлян (ljanljan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ³⁵ li̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: loeng⁴ loeng⁴
    • Yale: lèuhng lèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁴ loeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁴ lêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ²¹ lœːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâng-liâng
    • Tâi-lô: liâng-liâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liangliaang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liaŋ²⁴⁻²² liaŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liaŋ²⁴⁻²² liaŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liaŋ¹³⁻²² liaŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liaŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ liaŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liaŋ²³⁻³³ liaŋ²³/

Adjective

涼涼

1. slightly cold; chilly
2. (originally literary, now slang, neologism) deserted; unpopular; (slang) disappointed; downhearted
3. (slang, neologism) be done for; be finished or destroyed; gone for the dogs; curtains (for someone)

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