光耀

Chinese

		light; ray; bright	brilliant; glorious
trad. (光耀)		光	耀
simp. ^#(光耀)		光	耀

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guāngyào

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong¹ jiu⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-iāu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guāngyào
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤㄧㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guangyào
  - Wade–Giles: kuang¹-yao⁴
  - Yale: gwāng-yàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guangyaw
  - Palladius: гуанъяо (guanʺjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwong¹ jiu⁶
  - Yale: gwōng yiuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwong¹ jiu⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: guong¹ yiu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ jiːu̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-iāu
  - Tâi-lô: kong-iāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kong'iau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² iau²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ iau⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² iau²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iau³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ iau³³/

Noun

光耀

brilliance; brightness; luminosity

Synonyms

光華 / 光华 (guānghuá)
光輝 / 光辉 (guānghuī)
菁華 / 菁华 (jīnghuá) (literary)

Adjective

光耀

glorious; brilliant; dazzling

Synonyms

光彩 (guāngcǎi)
光榮 / 光荣 (guāngróng)
名譽 / 名誉 (míngyù)
好聽 / 好听 (hǎotīng)
榮光 / 荣光 (róngguāng)
榮耀 / 荣耀 (róngyào)
風光 / 风光 (fēngguang) (figurative, colloquial)
體面 / 体面 (tǐmiàn)

Antonyms

不名譽 / 不名誉 (bùmíngyù)

Verb

光耀

to shine (brightly)
to glorify; to bring honour to; to reflect glory on

Synonyms

(to shine):

光照 (guāngzhào)
映照 (yìngzhào)
炳 (bǐng) (literary, or in compounds)
炫耀 (xuànyào)
照射 (zhàoshè)
照耀 (zhàoyào)
照臨 / 照临 (zhàolín) (literary)
彪炳 (biāobǐng) (literary)
輝映 / 辉映 (huīyìng)

(to glorify): 光大 (guāngdà)

Derived terms

光耀耀
光耀門楣 / 光耀门楣
光耀門閭 / 光耀门闾