增光

Chinese

		to increase; to expand; to add	light; ray; bright
simp. and trad. (增光)		增	光

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zēngguāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄥ ㄍㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zang¹ gwong¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chng-kong / cheng-kong / cheng-kng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zēngguāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄥ ㄍㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zengguang
    • Wade–Giles: tsêng¹-kuang¹
    • Yale: dzēng-gwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzengguang
    • Palladius: цзэнгуан (czɛnguan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɤŋ⁵⁵ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zang¹ gwong¹
    • Yale: jāng gwōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzang¹ gwong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeng¹ guong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 增光 爭光／争光

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chng-kong
    • Tâi-lô: tsng-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zngkofng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sŋ̍³³ kɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-kong
    • Tâi-lô: tsing-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengkofng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-kng
    • Tâi-lô: tsing-kng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengk'ngf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kŋ̍⁴⁴/

Verb

增光

1. to add luster to; to do credit to; to add to the prestige of