燦爛

燦爛

See also: 灿烂

Chinese

		glorious; bright; brilliant glorious; bright; brilliant; lustrous; resplendent	rotten, spoiled, decayed; well-cooked, overcooked, soft, mushy; broken, fragmented, shattered rotten, spoiled, decayed; well-cooked, overcooked, soft, mushy; broken, fragmented, shattered; low-quality, poor, lousy; to rot, decay, decompose, spoil; completely
trad. (燦爛)		燦	爛
simp. (灿烂)		灿	烂
variant forms		粲爛／粲烂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cànlàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄢˋ ㄌㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caan³ laan⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhan-lan
• Min Nan (POJ): chhàn-lān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: cànlàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˋ ㄌㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsannlann
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ län⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: caan³ laan⁶
    • Yale: chaan laahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaan³ laan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: can³ lan⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰäːn³³ läːn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhan-lan
    • Hakka Romanization System: can lan
    • Hagfa Pinyim: can⁴ lan⁴
    • IPA: /t͡sʰan⁵⁵ lan⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhàn-lān
    • Tâi-lô: tshàn-lān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zharnlan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰan²¹⁻⁵³ lan²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰan²¹⁻⁵³ lan²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰan¹¹⁻⁵³ lan³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰan²¹⁻⁴¹ lan³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡sʰɑn^H  lɑn^H/▼

Rime
Character	燦	爛
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	蒼案切	郎旰切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰɑnH/	/lɑnH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰɑnH/	/lɑnH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɑnH/	/lɑnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰanH/	/lanH/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰɑnH/	/lɑnH/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰɑnH/	/lɑnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰɑnH/	/lɑnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	càn	làn

Adjective

燦爛

1. resplendent; bright; glittering
2. gorgeous; magnificent; splendid; outstanding; distinguished

   燦爛文化 / 灿烂文化  ―  cànlàn wénhuà  ―  magnificent culture

Synonyms

• (gorgeous): 絢爛／绚烂 (xuànlàn)
• (resplendent): 鮮亮／鲜亮 (xiānliàng), 鮮明／鲜明 (xiānmíng), 鮮豔／鲜艳 (xiānyàn)

Antonyms

• (resplendent):暗淡 (àndàn)

Derived terms

光明燦爛／光明灿烂 光輝燦爛／光辉灿烂 (guānghuīcànlàn) 燈光燦爛／灯光灿烂 燦爛奪目／灿烂夺目

燦爛炳煥／灿烂炳焕 燦爛輝煌／灿烂辉煌 金光燦爛／金光灿烂

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
燦	爛
さん Jinmeiyō	らん Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) さんらん [sàńráń] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [sã̠nɾã̠ɴ]

Adjective

燦爛 (-tari inflection, hiragana さんらん, rōmaji sanran)

1. (archaic) bright, brilliant, resplendent

Synonyms

• 輝 (かがや)かしい (kagayakashii)
• 鮮 (せん)麗 (れい) (senrei)
• 燦 (さん)然 (ぜん) (sanzen)
• 燦 (さん)々 (さん) (sansan)
• 赫々 (かくかく) (kakukaku)
• 絢 (けん)爛 (らん) (kenran)
• 煌 (こう)々 (こう) (kōkō)

Adverb

燦爛 (hiragana さんらん, rōmaji sanran)

1. brightly, brilliantly, resplendently

Usage notes

• Takes the と (to) particle.