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亮闪闪 (liàng shǎn shǎn) — shiny; bright

Definition

A vivid onomatopoeic/ideophatic adjective (ABB pattern) describing something that glitters or sparkles with reflected light — more vivid and visual than plain 亮. Most often used as an attributive before nouns (亮闪闪的) rather than standing alone.

verb
shinybright

Examples

  • 亮闪闪。
    Nà kē zuàn shí liàng shǎn shǎn de.
    That diamond is shiny and bright.
  • 亮闪闪。
    Tā chuān zhuó yí jiàn liàng shǎn shǎn de qún zi.
    She is wearing a sparkling dress.
  • 亮闪闪。
    Yáng guāng xià de hú miàn liàng shǎn shǎn de.
    The lake surface is sparkling under the sunlight.

Origin

Derived word
构词法gòucífǎ
后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

亮liàngbright
闪闪shiny
闪shǎnflash闪shǎnflash
重叠Reduplication

亮 gives the core sense of brightness, and the repeated 闪闪 adds a sparkling, shining quality.

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.

Open 亮 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 閃; 闪 is its simplified writing.

In the traditional 閃, 人 (person) appears inside 門 (gate), showing a person running through a gate. The simplified 闪 is a later shorthand.

Open 闪 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 閃; 闪 is its simplified writing.

In the traditional 閃, 人 (person) appears inside 門 (gate), showing a person running through a gate. The simplified 闪 is a later shorthand.

Open 闪 →
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