絢爛

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

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• 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

1. splendid; gorgeous

Synonyms

• 燦爛／灿烂 (cànlàn)

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) けんらん [kèńráń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [kẽ̞n̺ɾã̠ɴ]

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))

1. splendid, gorgeous, dazzling, flowery

   絢爛(けんらん)たる衣装(いしょう)

   kenran taru ishō

   gorgeous garment

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN