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良

liáng

HSK 5 Character

What 良 means

1. good
2. very
3. very much

Example sentences

• 良药苦口。
  Liángyàokǔkǒu.
  Good medicine is bitter to the mouth.
• 人生良苦。
  Life is very hard.
• 他天性善良。
  Tā tiānxìng shànliáng.
  He's good by nature.
• 她心地善良。
  Tā xīndì shànliáng.
  The girl has a sweet heart.
• 你去过奈良吗？
  Have you ever been to Nara?
• 他严厉却善良。
  He is strict yet kind.

Words starting with 良

• 良好liáng hǎogood; favorable; well
• 良心liáng xīnconscience
• 良知liáng zhīinnate sense of right and wrong; conscience; bosom friend
• 良久liáng jiǔa good while; a long time
• 良性liáng xìngpositive (in its effect); leading to good consequences; virtuous
• 良机liáng jīa good chance; a golden opportunity
• 良药liáng yàogood medicine; panacea; fig. a good solution
• 良多liáng duōconsiderably; much; quite a bit
• 良种liáng zhǒngimproved type; good breed; pedigree
• 良方liáng fānggood medicine; effective prescription; fig. good plan
• 良辰美景liáng chén měi jǐngfine time, beautiful scenery (idiom); everything lovely
• 良田liáng tiángood agricultural land; fertile land
• 良友liáng yǒugood friend; companion
• 良苦用心liáng kǔ yòng xīnto ponder earnestly; to give a lot of thought to sth
• 良策liáng cègood plan; good idea
• 良民liáng míngood people; ordinary people (i.e. not the lowest class)
• 良莠不齐liáng yǒu bù qígood and bad people intermingled
• 良缘liáng yuángood karma; opportune connection with marriage partner
• 良师益友liáng shī yì yǒugood teacher and helpful friend (idiom); mentor
• 良人liáng rénhusband (arch.)
• 良伴liáng bàngood companion
• 良吉liáng jílucky day; auspicious day
• 良善liáng shàngood
• 良图liáng túgood plan; right strategy; to take one's time forming the right decision

Words containing 良

• 善良shàn liánggood and honest; kindhearted
• 改良gǎi liángto improve (sth); to reform (a system)
• 不良bù liángbad; harmful; unhealthy; (of a device, connection, material etc) defective; faulty
• 优良yōu liángfine; good; first-rate
• 张学良Zhāng Xué liángZhang Xueliang (1901-2001) son of Fengtian clique warlord, then senior general for the…
• 精良jīng liángexcellent; of superior quality
• 马连良Mǎ Lián liángMa Lianliang (1901-1966), Beijing opera star, one of the Four great beards 四大须生
• 心地善良xīn dì shàn liángkindhearted; good-natured
• 贤妻良母xián qī liáng mǔa good wife and loving mother
• 用心良苦yòng xīn liáng kǔto ponder earnestly; to give a lot of thought to sth
• 奈良Nài liángNara (prefecture and city in Japan)
• 马良Mǎ LiángMa Liang (Three Kingdoms)
• 丧尽天良sàng jìn tiān liángdevoid of conscience (idiom); utterly heartless
• 天良tiān liángconscience
• 从良cóng liáng(of a slave or servant) to be given one's freedom; (of a prostitute) to marry and leave…
• 温良wēn liángwarm and kind
• 不良人bù liáng rén(Tang dynasty) official responsible for tracking down and arresting lawbreakers
• 奥尔良Ào ěr liángOrléans
• 有良心yǒu liáng xīnconscientious
• 乌良哈Wū liáng hǎMongol surname
• 瓦良格Wǎ liáng géVaryag, former Soviet aircraft carrier purchased by China and renamed 辽宁号
• 的确良dí què liángdacron (loanword)
• 许信良Xǔ Xìn liángHsu Hsin-liang (1941-), Taiwanese politician
• 坐失良机zuò shī liáng jīto sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom); to lose the chance

Characters that look like 良

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

• 自zì(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
• 直zhístraight; to straighten; fair and reasonable
• 鱼yúfish; used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鲍鱼
• 呈chéngto present to a superior; memorial; petition
• 夷yínon-Han people, esp. to the East of China; barbarians; to wipe out
• 觅mì(literary) to seek; to find

Sounds the same

Read liáng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 凉cool; cold
• 粮grain; food; provisions
• 梁roof beam; beam (structure); bridge
• 量to measure
• 粱sorghum
• 椋used in 椋鸟
• 踉used in 跳踉
• 俍(literary) to be good at; to be expert in; (literary) skilled craftsman
• 辌see 辒辌