燦爛

See also: 灿烂

Chinese

	glorious; bright; brilliant glorious; bright; brilliant; lustrous; resplendent	rotten; decayed; well-cooked rotten; decayed; well-cooked; mushy; broken; bad; to decay; completely
trad. (燦爛)	燦	爛
simp. (灿烂)	灿	烂
alternative 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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cànlàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄢˋ ㄌㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cànlàn
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻan⁴-lan⁴
  - Yale: tsàn-làn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsannlann
  - Palladius: цаньлань (canʹlanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ län⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: caan³ laan⁶
  - Yale: chaan laahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsaan³ laan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: can³ lan⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːn³³ laːn²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhan-lan
  - Hakka Romanization System: can lan
  - Hagfa Pinyim: can⁴ lan⁴
  - Sinological 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/

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	/t͡sʰɑn^H/	/lɑn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰɑn^H/	/lɑn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɑn^H/	/lɑn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰan^H/	/lan^H/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰɑn^H/	/lɑn^H/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰɑn^H/	/lɑn^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰɑn^H/	/lɑn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	càn	làn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caan³	laan⁶

Adjective

燦爛

resplendent; bright; glittering
gorgeous; magnificent; splendid; outstanding; distinguished
燦爛文化／灿烂文化 ― cànlàn wénhuà ― magnificent culture

Synonyms

(resplendent): 鮮亮／鲜亮 (xiānliàng), 鮮明／鲜明 (xiānmíng), 鮮豔／鲜艳 (xiānyàn), (literary) 顯明／显明 (xiǎnmíng)
(gorgeous): 絢爛／绚烂 (xuànlàn)

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

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (燦爛):

→ Japanese: 燦爛(さんらん) (sanran)
→ Korean: 찬란(燦爛) (challan)
→ Vietnamese: xán lạn (燦爛)

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

燦(さん)爛(らん) • (sanran) ^†-tari, adnominal 燦(さん)爛(らん)たる (sanran taru), adverbial 燦(さん)爛(らん)と (sanran to) or 燦(さん)爛(らん)として (sanran to shite)

(archaic) bright, brilliant, resplendent

Synonyms

輝(かがや)かしい (kagayakashii)
鮮麗(せんれい) (senrei)
燦然(さんぜん) (sanzen)
燦々(さんさん) (sansan)
赫々(かくかく) (kakukaku)
絢爛(けんらん) (kenran)
煌々(こうこう) (kōkō)

Adverb

燦(さん)爛(らん) • (sanran)

brightly, brilliantly, resplendently

Usage notes

Takes the と (to) particle.

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
燦	爛

Adjective

燦爛

chữ Hán form of xán lạn (“bright”).

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