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优良 (yōu liáng) — excellent, fine, first-rate

Definition

优良 describes goods, quality, or performance that is consistently good — common in product/service contexts like 优良品质. It is weaker than 优秀/优异 (which praise people or standout achievement) and weaker than 优质 (which emphasizes raw material quality).

adjective
excellentfinefirst-rate

Examples

  • 优良。
    Zhè zhǒng chǎn pǐn de zhì liàng fēi cháng yōu liáng.
    The quality of this product is excellent.
  • 优良。
    Zhè jiā gōng sī yì zhí bǎo chí yōu liáng de fú wù.
    This company has always maintained excellent service.
  • ，优良。
    Tā gōng zuò biǎo xiàn chū sè, huò dé yōu liáng píng jià.
    His work performance was excellent and he received outstanding evaluations.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

优yōuexcellent
良liánggood

优 (excellent) and 良 (good) are parallel qualities, meaning very good or first-rate.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 優; 优 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
亻Written in full as人rén
Sound part声符shēngfú
憂
憂yōu優yōu
Same sound today

The traditional form 優 combines 亻 (人, person) with 憂 for the sound; the simplified 优 is a later abbreviation.

Open 优 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

良 possibly depicts corridors and a room.

Open 良 →
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