凉快
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)Old HSK 4
凉快 (liángkuai) · nice and cool
凉快 (liángkuai) means “nice and cool”. It is written with 2 characters: 凉 (cool) + 快 (fast). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 凉快 is built
The characters
凉 liáng · cool
What 凉 is made of
- 冫bīng — ice
- 丶 — dot
- 京jīng — capital
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 小xiǎo — small
- 亅 — hook
- 八bā — eight
- 亠tóu — lid
Origin hint: 冫 gives the meaning, 京 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
快 kuài · fast
What 快 is made of
- 忄xīn — heart
- 八bā — eight
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 夬guài — decisive
- 大dà — big
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 人rén — person
- 大dà — big
Origin hint: A decisive 夬 will 忄; 夬 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
今天很凉快。Jīntiān hěn liángkuai.It's nice and cool today.
树下凉快吗？Shù xià liángkuai ma?Is it cool under the tree?
Questions about 凉快
What does 凉快 mean?
凉快 (liángkuai) means “nice and cool”.
How do you pronounce 凉快?
凉快 is pronounced liángkuai.
Which HSK level is 凉快?
凉快 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 凉水liángshuǐcold water
- 着凉zháoliángto catch a cold
- 荒凉huāngliángdesolate
- 凄凉qīliángdreary
- 凉liángcool
- 快餐kuàicānfast food
- 快点儿kuài diǎnrhurry up
- 快乐kuàilèhappy
- 快要kuàiyàoto be about to
- 赶快gǎnkuàiquickly
Learn 凉快 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 43: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.