光亮 (guāng liàng) — bright, shiny | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Adjective for something that is bright and shiny — emphasizes light reflecting off a surface, more vivid than 明亮 and less literary than 辉煌.

adjective

brightshiny

Examples

光亮。
Zhè jiān fáng jiān fēi cháng guāng liàng.
This room is very bright.
，光亮。
Jīng guò dǎ mó, jīn shǔ biǎo miàn biàn de guāng liàng zhào rén.
After polishing, the metal surface became shiny enough to reflect people.
光亮。
Tā de tóu fa yòu hēi yòu guāng liàng.
Her hair is both black and shiny.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

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

光guāngluminous

亮liàngbright

Both 光 and 亮 convey brightness, giving 'bright, shiny'.

Characters in this word

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

火火huǒfire
卩卩jiékneeling person

The shape 光 places 火 (fire) above 卩 (a kneeling person), showing fire over the head and the shining of light.

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.

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