陽光

See also: 阳光

Chinese

		positive (electric.); sun; male	light; ray; bright
trad. (陽光)		陽	光
simp. (阳光)		阳	光
anagram		光陽／光阳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yángguāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁴ gwong¹
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'iong⁴ guong¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): iông-kong / iâng-kong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iang⁵ guang¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶yan-kuaon₁

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yángguāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˊ ㄍㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yángguang
    • Wade–Giles: yang²-kuang¹
    • Yale: yáng-gwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yangguang
    • Palladius: янгуан (janguan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ³⁵ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng⁴ gwong¹
    • Yale: yèuhng gwōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁴ gwong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁴ guong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²¹ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'iong⁴ guong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈiɔŋ³⁵ kuɔŋ⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iông-kong
    • Tâi-lô: iông-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iongkofng
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /iɔŋ²⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔŋ²⁴⁻²² kɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iâng-kong
    • Tâi-lô: iâng-kong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iangkofng
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /iaŋ¹³⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iang⁵ guang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iâng kuang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kuaŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶yan-kuaon₁
    • MiniDict: yan^去 kuaon^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhian-kuaan₁
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiã²² kuɑ̃⁴⁴/

Noun

陽光

1. sunlight; sunshine; sunbeam; daylight

   光燦燦的陽光／光灿灿的阳光  ―  guāngcàncàn de yángguāng  ―  dazzlingly bright sunlight

   他的生活不再晦暗，他的生活充滿陽光。 [MSC, trad.]
   他的生活不再晦暗，他的生活充满阳光。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā de shēnghuó bùzài huì'àn, tā de shēnghuó chōngmǎn yángguāng. [Pinyin]

   His life is no longer dull. His life is full of sunshine.

Synonyms

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• 太陽光 / 太阳光 (tàiyángguāng)
• 日光 (rìguāng)
• 日草 (rig⁸ cao²) (Teochew)
• 日陽兒 / 日阳儿 (rìyángr) (Beijing Mandarin)
• 日頭光 / 日头光 (Hokkien)
• 日頭絲 / 日头丝 (Hakka)

Derived terms

• 陽光普照 / 阳光普照

Adjective

陽光

1. open; transparent
2. having a sunny disposition; cheery; upbeat; optimistic

Proper noun

陽光

1. (～社區) Yangguang (a community in Guanshan, Hongshan district, Wuhan, Hubei, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
陽	光
よう Grade: 3	こう Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jo̞ːko̞ː]
• (Tokyo) よーこー [yòókóó] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

陽(よう)光(こう) • (yōkō) 

1. sunlight, sunshine

   Synonyms: 日差し (hizashi), 日光 (nikkō)

Further reading

• “陽光”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
陽	光

Hanja

陽光 • (yanggwang) (hangeul 양광)

1. hanja form^? of 양광 (“sunshine, sunlight”)