善良

Chinese

		good	good; very; very much
trad. (善良)		善	良
simp. #(善良)		善	良
anagram		良善

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shànliáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin⁶ loeng⁴

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): san-liòng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siān-liông / siān-liâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shànliáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shànliáng
    • Wade–Giles: shan⁴-liang²
    • Yale: shàn-lyáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shannliang
    • Palladius: шаньлян (šanʹljan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵¹ li̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin⁶ loeng⁴
    • Yale: sihn lèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin⁶ loeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin⁶ lêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn²² lœːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: san-liòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: san liongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: san⁴ liong²
    • Sinological IPA: /san⁵⁵ li̯oŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siān-liông
    • Tâi-lô: siān-liông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siexnlioong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛn³³⁻²¹ liɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɛn³³⁻¹¹ liɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /siɛn²²⁻²¹ liɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn⁴¹⁻²² liɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siān-liâng
    • Tâi-lô: siān-liâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siexnliaang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn²²⁻²¹ liaŋ¹³/

Adjective

善良

1. kind-hearted; benevolent

Synonyms

• 仁和 (rénhé) (literary)
• 仁愛／仁爱 (rén'ài)
• 仁慈 (réncí)
• 友善 (yǒushàn)
• 可親／可亲 (kěqīn)
• 和善 (héshàn)
• 和氣／和气
• 和藹／和蔼 (hé'ǎi)
• 好心 (hǎoxīn)
• 惠 (huì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 惠愛／惠爱 (huì'ài) (literary)
• 慈愛／慈爱 (cí'ài)
• 慈祥 (cíxiáng)
• 祥和 (xiánghé)
• 腍善 (nam⁴ sin⁶) (Cantonese)
• 藹然／蔼然 (ǎirán) (literary)
• 隨和／随和

 

Antonyms

• 兇惡／凶恶 (xiōng'è)
• 猙獰／狰狞 (zhēngníng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (善良):

• → Japanese: 善良(ぜんりょう) (zenryō)
• → Korean: 선량(善良) (seollyang)