亮度 (liàng dù) — brightness | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

brightness

Examples

亮度，。
Qǐng jiàng dī shǒu jī píng mù de liàng dù, shěng diàn.
Please lower the phone screen brightness to save power.
亮度，。
Zhè ge fáng jiān de liàng dù bú gòu, xū yào kāi dēng.
The brightness in this room is not enough; we need to turn on a light.
亮度，。
Tā tiáo zhěng le zhào piàn de liàng dù, ràng yán sè gèng xiān yàn.
He adjusted the brightness of the photo to make the colors more vivid.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

亮liàngbright

度dùdegree

亮 bright and 度 degree combine to express how bright something is.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

人人rénperson

Sound part声符shēngfú

京

京jīng亮liàng

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

亮 combines 人 (person) with 京, and the 京 part shows a tower body.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

又又yòuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

石

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

度 has 又 (hand) and a changed form of 石; 石 gives a related sound, and the hand is tied to using the hand as a reference for measurement.

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