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

(Hailu, HRS): shan^˖ liong
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): seng⁵ lyorng² / seng⁵ lyoeng²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siān-liông / siān-liâng
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶zoe-lian₆ / ²zoe₆-lian₂

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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: san-liòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: san liong^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: san⁴ liong²
  - Sinological IPA: /san⁵⁵ li̯oŋ¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: shan^˖ liong
  - Sinological IPA: /ʃan³³ lioŋ⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: seng⁵ lyorng²
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sēng-lió̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬɛŋ¹¹ lyɒŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: seng⁵ lyoeng²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬɛŋ²¹ lyøŋ²⁴/
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/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zoe-lian₆
  - MiniDict: zoe^去 lian^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zoe-lian₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zø²² liã⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ²zoe₆-lian₂
  - MiniDict: zoe^去 lian^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /zø²² liã³³/

Adjective

善良

kind-hearted; benevolent

Synonyms

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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)