增光

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zēngguāng

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄥㄍㄨㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zang¹ gwong¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chen-kông

(Hailu, HRS): zen^ˋ gong^ˋ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chng-kong / cheng-kong / cheng-kng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zēngguāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄥㄍㄨㄤ
  - 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
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    增光
    爭光 / 争光
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chen-kông
  - Hakka Romanization System: zen gong^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zen⁴ gong¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sen⁵⁵ koŋ²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: zen^ˋ gong^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sen⁵³ koŋ⁵³/
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

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