絢爛

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See also: 绚烂

Chinese

		adorned; swift	rotten; decayed; well-cooked rotten; decayed; well-cooked; mushy; broken; bad; to decay; completely
trad. (絢爛)		絢	爛
simp. (绚烂)		绚	烂

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuànlàn

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˋ ㄌㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hyun³ laan⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuànlàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˋ ㄌㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuànlàn
  - Wade–Giles: hsüan⁴-lan⁴
  - Yale: sywàn-làn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuannlann
  - Palladius: сюаньлань (sjuanʹlanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ län⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hyun³ laan⁶
  - Yale: hyun laahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hyn³ laan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: hün³ lan⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːn³³ laːn²²/

Adjective

絢爛

splendid; gorgeous

Synonyms

燦爛／灿烂 (cànlàn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
絢	爛
けん Jinmeiyō	らん Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) けんらん (Heiban – )
IPA^(key):

Adjective

絢(けん)爛(らん) • (kenran) ^†-tari (adnominal 絢(けん)爛(らん)とした (kenran to shita) or 絢(けん)爛(らん)たる (kenran taru), adverbial 絢(けん)爛(らん)と (kenran to) or 絢(けん)爛(らん)として (kenran to shite))

splendid, gorgeous, dazzling, flowery
絢爛(けんらん)たる衣装(いしょう)
kenran taru ishō
gorgeous garment

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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