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): ㄍㄨㄤㄇㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong¹ ming⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kông-mìn

(Hailu, HRS): gong^ˋ min
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gorng¹ ming²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-bêng / kng-bêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guāngmíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤㄇㄧㄥˊ
  - 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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kông-mìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: gong^ˊ min^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gong¹ min²
  - Sinological IPA: /koŋ²⁴ min¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: gong^ˋ min
  - Sinological IPA: /koŋ⁵³ min⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gorng¹ ming² [Phonetic: gorng⁵ ming²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: go̤ng-míng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɒŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ miŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gorng¹ ming² [Phonetic: gorng⁵ ming²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɒŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ miŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Jinjiang)
  - 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, Jinjiang): /kɔŋ³³ biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kng-bêng
  - Tâi-lô: kng-bîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kngbeeng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/

Note:

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

Noun

光明

light; illumination; brightness; brilliance

Synonyms

光亮 (guāngliàng)
亮光 (liàngguāng)

Adjective

光明

bright; shining
(figurative, of future etc.) promising; bright
前途光明 ― qiántú guāngmíng ― bright future
(figurative) open-hearted; frank; straightforward

Synonyms

(bright):

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亮堂 (liàngtáng)
光亮 (guāngliàng)
光線充足 / 光线充足 (guāngxiàn chōngzú)
明亮 (míngliàng)
明朗 (mínglǎng)
晶亮 (jīngliàng)
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

(～區) Guangming (a district of Shenzhen, Guangdong, China)
(～社區) Guangming (a community in Chengzhong, Yingcheng, Xiaogan, Hubei, China)
(～市) Gwangmyeong (a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea)

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)

light
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)

hanja form^? of 광명 (“light”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
光	明

Adjective

光明

chữ Hán form of quang minh (“open; bright; radiant; righteous; magnanimous”)