光明

Chinese

		light; ray; bright	clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
simp. and trad. (光明)		光	明
anagram		明光

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guāngmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong¹ ming⁴

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kông-mìn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-bêng / kng-bêng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guāngmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guangmíng
    • Wade–Giles: kuang¹-ming²
    • Yale: gwāng-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guangming
    • Palladius: гуанмин (guanmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwong¹ ming⁴
    • Yale: gwōng mìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwong¹ ming⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: guong¹ ming⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kông-mìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: gong´ minˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gong¹ min²
    • Sinological IPA: /koŋ²⁴ min¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-bêng
    • Tâi-lô: kong-bîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kongbeeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kng-bêng
    • Tâi-lô: kng-bîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kngbeeng
    • IPA (Taipei): /kŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²³/

Note:

• kong-bêng - literary;
• kng-bêng - vernacular.

Noun

光明

1. light; illumination; brightness; brilliance

Synonyms

• 光亮 (guāngliàng)
• 亮光 (liàngguāng)

Adjective

光明

1. bright; shining
2. (figurative, of future etc.) promising; bright

   前途光明  ―  qiántú guāngmíng  ―  bright future

3. (figurative) open-hearted; frank; straightforward

Synonyms

• (bright):

• 亮堂 (liàngtáng)
• 光亮 (guāngliàng)
• 光線充足／光线充足 (guāngxiàn chōngzú)
• 明亮 (míngliàng)
• 明朗 (mínglǎng)
• 晴朗 (qínglǎng) (of the sky)
• 清朗 (qīnglǎng) (of the sky)
• 炳 (bǐng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 皓 (hào) (literary, or in compounds)
• 皓旰 (hàogàn) (literary)
• 皦皦 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
• 麟麟 (línlín) (literary)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "bright"): 黑暗 (hēi'àn), (Hokkien, Teochew) 烏暗／乌暗

Proper noun

光明

1. (～區) Guangming (a district of Shenzhen, Guangdong, China)
2. (～社區) Guangming (a community in Chengzhong, Yingcheng, Xiaogan, Hubei, China)

Derived terms

• 光明正大 (guāngmíngzhèngdà)
• 光明燈／光明灯 (guāngmíngdēng)
• 光明磊落 (guāngmínglěiluò)
• 大放光明
• 正大光明 (zhèngdàguāngmíng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
光	明
こう Grade: 2	みょう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

光(こう)明(みょう) • (kōmyō) 

1. light
2. hope in adverse circumstances
   • 1923, 国枝史郎, 沙漠の古都:

     私(わたし)の胸(むね)へ光明(こうみょう)が一筋(ひとすじ)しらしらと白(しら)んで来(き)た。

     Watashi no mune e kōmyō ga hitosuji shirashira to shirande kita.

     A ray of hope began to grow stronger in my heart.

Korean

Hanja in this term
光	明

Noun

光明 • (gwangmyeong) (hangeul 광명)

1. Hanja form^? of 광명 (“light”).