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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhàn-lān

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• 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 Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhan-lan
    • Hakka Romanization System: can lan
    • Hagfa Pinyim: can⁴ lan⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰan⁵⁵ lan⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (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: tshanH lanH

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
Baxter	tshanH	lanH
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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰɑnH/	/lɑnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	càn	làn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	caan3	laan6

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

• (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

• (antonym(s) of “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 Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

燦(さん)爛(らん) • (sanran) ^†-tari (adnominal 燦(さん)爛(らん)とした (sanran to shita) or 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))

1. (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) 

1. brightly, brilliantly, resplendently

Usage notes

• Takes the と (to) particle.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
燦	爛

Adjective

燦爛

1. chữ Hán form of xán lạn (“bright”).