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
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɛn³³⁻²¹ liɔŋ²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /siɛn³³⁻¹¹ liɔŋ²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Singapore): /siɛn²²⁻²¹ liɔŋ²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn⁴¹⁻²² liɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siān-liâng
  - Tâi-lô: siān-liâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siexnliaang
  - Sinological 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)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
善	良
ぜん Grade: 6	りょう Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぜんりょー [zèńryóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [d͡zẽ̞n̺ɾʲo̞ː]

Noun

善(ぜん)良(りょう) • (zenryō)

goodness; virtue

Adjective

善(ぜん)良(りょう) • (zenryō) -na (adnominal 善(ぜん)良(りょう)な (zenryō na), adverbial 善(ぜん)良(りょう)に (zenryō ni))

good; virtuous

Inflection

Inflection of 善良
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	善良だろ	ぜんりょうだろ	zenryō daro
Continuative (連用形)	善良で	ぜんりょうで	zenryō de
Terminal (終止形)	善良だ	ぜんりょうだ	zenryō da
Attributive (連体形)	善良な	ぜんりょうな	zenryō na
Hypothetical (仮定形)	善良なら	ぜんりょうなら	zenryō nara
Imperative (命令形)	善良であれ	ぜんりょうであれ	zenryō de are
Key constructions
Informal negative	善良ではない善良じゃない	ぜんりょうではないぜんりょうじゃない	zenryō de wa nai zenryō ja nai
Informal past	善良だった	ぜんりょうだった	zenryō datta
Informal negative past	善良ではなかった善良じゃなかった	ぜんりょうではなかったぜんりょうじゃなかった	zenryō de wa nakatta zenryō ja nakatta
Formal	善良です	ぜんりょうです	zenryō desu
Formal negative	善良ではありません善良じゃありません	ぜんりょうではありませんぜんりょうじゃありません	zenryō de wa arimasen zenryō ja arimasen
Formal past	善良でした	ぜんりょうでした	zenryō deshita
Formal negative past	善良ではありませんでした善良じゃありませんでした	ぜんりょうではありませんでしたぜんりょうじゃありませんでした	zenryō de wa arimasen deshita zenryō ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive	善良で	ぜんりょうで	zenryō de
Conditional	善良なら（ば）	ぜんりょうなら（ば）	zenryō nara (ba)
Provisional	善良だったら	ぜんりょうだったら	zenryō dattara
Volitional	善良だろう	ぜんりょうだろう	zenryō darō
Adverbial	善良に	ぜんりょうに	zenryō ni
Degree	善良さ	ぜんりょうさ	zenryōsa

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK16-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[SMK8-3] Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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