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亮

liàng

HSK 4 Character

What 亮 means

1. bright; light
2. to shine; to flash
3. loud and clear
4. to show (one's passport etc); to make public (one's views etc)

Example sentences

• 灯亮着。
  The light is on.
• 闪亮亮！
  Shine!
• 你真漂亮！
  How beautiful you are!
• 你很漂亮.
  You are beautiful.
• 她很漂亮。
  She is beautiful.
• 月光好亮。
  The moon's so bright.

Words starting with 亮

• 亮相liàng xiàngto strike a pose (Chinese opera); (fig.) to make a public appearance…
• 亮点liàng diǎnhighlight; bright spot
• 亮丽liàng lìbright and beautiful
• 亮光liàng guānglight; beam of light; gleam of light
• 亮晶晶liàng jīng jīnggleaming; glistening
• 亮出liàng chūto suddenly reveal; to flash (one's ID, a banknote etc)
• 亮度liàng dùbrightness
• 亮灯liàng dēngto turn on a light; (of a light) to light up
• 亮闪闪liàng shǎn shǎnbright
• 亮堂liàng tángbright; clear
• 亮星liàng xīngbright star
• 亮眼liàng yǎneye-catching; striking; impressive; sighted eyes; functioning eyes
• 亮堂堂liàng táng tángvery bright; well-lit
• 亮底牌liàng dǐ páito show one's hand; to lay one's cards on the table
• 亮眼人liàng yǎn rén(term used by the blind) sighted person; person with eyesight; perceptive person…
• 亮彩liàng cǎia bright color; sparkle; shine
• 亮星云liàng xīng yúndiffuse nebula
• 亮黄灯liàng huáng dēng(lit.) to flash the yellow light; (fig.) to give a warning sign
• 亮蓝liàng lánbright blue
• 亮屏liàng píngto turn on a screen
• 亮饰liàng shìdiamanté
• 亮菌liàng jūnArmillariella tabescens (mushroom used in trad. Chinese medicine)
• 亮菌甲素liàng jūn jiǎ sùarmillarisin (fungal enzyme used as antibiotic)
• 亮氨酸liàng ān suānleucine (Leu), an essential amino acid

Words containing 亮

• 漂亮piào liangpretty; beautiful
• 月亮yuè liangthe moon
• 响亮xiǎng liàngloud and clear; resounding
• 明亮míng liàngbright; shining; glittering
• 天亮tiān liàngto grow light (at daybreak)
• 光亮guāng liàngbright
• 闪亮shǎn liàngbrilliant; shiny; a flare
• 发亮fā liàngto shine; shiny
• 照亮zhào liàngto illuminate; to light up; lighting
• 诸葛亮Zhū gě LiàngZhuge Liang (181–234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀汉…
• 洪亮hóng liàngloud and clear; resonant
• 点亮diǎn liàngto illuminate; to turn on the lights; to light (a blaze)
• 嘹亮liáo liàngloud and clear; resonant
• 雪亮xuě liànglit. bright as snow; shiny; dazzling
• 清亮qīng liàng(of sound) clear and resonant; bright; (of eyes) bright; (of water) crystal-clear; limpid
• 透亮tòu liàngbright; shining; translucent
• 田亮Tián LiàngTian Liang (1979-), former male Chinese diver, Olympic medalist
• 擦亮cā liàngto polish
• 鲜亮xiān liangbright (color); vivid
• 锃亮zèng liàngshiny
• 蒙蒙亮mēng mēng liàngdawn; the first glimmer of light
• 晶亮jīng liàngbright; glittering
• 油亮yóu liàngglossy; shiny
• 敞亮chǎng liàngbright and spacious

Characters built on 口

These share the phonetic component 口 (kǒu), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 向xiàngtowards; to face; to turn towards
• 响xiǎngecho; sound; noise
• 享xiǎngto enjoy; to benefit; to have the use of
• 呛qiàngto irritate the nose; to choke (of smoke, smell etc); pungent

Characters that look like 亮

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 高gāohigh; tall; above average
• 莱láiname of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc); Chenopodium album
• 丧sàngto lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc)…
• 栗lì(literary) cold; chilly; (bound form) to tremble with fear
• 荚jiápod (botany)
• 莪ézedoary (Curcuma zedoaria), plant rhizome similar to turmeric

Sounds the same

Read liàng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 辆classifier for vehicles
• 量capacity; quantity; amount
• 谅to show understanding; to excuse; to presume
• 晾to dry in the air; (fig.) to cold-shoulder
• 靓attractive; good-looking
• 凉to let sth cool down
• 喨used in 嘹喨
• 悢(literary) sad; melancholy
• 踉used in 踉跄
• 倞distant; to seek; old variant of 亮