HSK 6 · Adjectives

爽快 shuǎngkuài “frank” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 爽快 means

  1. frank
  2. straightforward
  3. refreshed
  4. rejuvenated
  5. frank and straightforward

How to say 爽快

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale爽shuǎng3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale快kuài4th tone, falling

爽快 in a sentence

  1. 真爽快！

    Zhēn shuǎngkuài!

    So refreshing!

    Sentence #1661551 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 朋友之间，大家谈谈心，非常爽快。

    Péngyou zhījiān, dàjiā tántan xīn, fēicháng shuǎngkuài.

    A heart-to-heart between friends is really refreshing.

    Sentence #421078 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 爽快 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 爽 (shuǎng) with each of its parts in a different colour
爽shuǎngbright
  • 大big · dà
  • 爻trigram · yáo
  • 爻trigram · yáo
The character 快 (kuài) with each of its parts in a different colour
快kuàirapid
  • 忄heart form of 心 · xīn
  • 夬decisive · guài

Memory aidHeart 忄 with 夬 (guài) for the sound: happy, and fast.

How to write 爽快

爽 11 strokes · 快 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

爽快 (shuǎngkuài) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 爽快 (shuǎngkuài). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 爽快

Words with 快

快kuài · fast快乐kuàilè · happy快要kuàiyào · about to凉快liángkuai · nice and cold愉快yúkuài · cheerful痛快tòngkuài · delighted赶快gǎnkuài · quickly尽快jǐnkuài · as soon as possible快活kuàihuo · happy

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FAQs

爽快 (shuǎngkuài) means “frank” or “straightforward”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shuǎngkuài: shuǎng with a 3rd tone, then kuài with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 爽快 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shuangkuai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 爽快 from the suggestions. Typing shuangkuai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
爽快 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.