HSK 5 · Adjectives

光明 guāngmíng “bright” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 光明 means

  1. bright
  2. promising
  3. light
  4. radiance
  5. (fig.) bright (prospects etc)
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • openhearted

How to say 光明

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale光guāng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale明míng2nd tone, rising

光明 in a sentence

  1. 你有光明的未来。

    Nǐ yǒu guāngmíng de wèilái.

    You have a bright future.

    Sentence #13069523 from Tatoeba

  2. 不论黑暗多么辽阔，我们都必须提供自身的光明。

    Búlùn hēi'àn duōme liáokuò, wǒmen dōu bìxū tígōng zìshēn de guāngmíng.

    However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.

    Sentence #4581045 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 汤姆重见光明。

    Tāngmǔ chóng jiàn guāngmíng.

    Tom got his sight back.

    Sentence #13513754 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 光明 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 光 (guāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
光guānglight; ray
  • ⺌small form of 小 · xiǎo
  • 兀weak · wù
The character 明 (míng) with each of its parts in a different colour
明míngbright
  • 日sun · rì
  • 月moon · yuè

Memory aidThe light of the sun 日 and the moon 月 together: bright.

How to write 光明

光 6 strokes · 明 8 strokes

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光明 (guāngmíng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 光明 (guāngmíng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 光明

Words with 光

光guāng · light阳光yángguāng · sunshine光临guānglín · (formal) to honour with one’s presence光滑guānghuá · glossy光盘guāngpán · compact disc (CD)时光shíguāng · time目光mùguāng · gaze曝光bàoguāng · to expose (to the public)观光guānguāng · to go sightseeing风光fēngguāng · scenery

Words with 明

明天míngtiān · tomorrow明年míngnián · next year明白míngbai · clear聪明cōngming · intelligent说明shuōmíng · to explain证明zhèngmíng · proof明确míngquè · clear表明biǎomíng · to make clear发明fāmíng · to invent明显míngxiǎn · clear

More words: Adjectives

根本gēnběn · (not) at all公平gōngpíng · fair乖guāi · (of a child) obedient光滑guānghuá · glossy广大guǎngdà · (of an area) vast or extensive广泛guǎngfàn · extensive过分guòfèn · excessive豪华háohuá · luxurious

FAQs

光明 (guāngmíng) means “bright” or “promising”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it guāngmíng: guāng with a 1st tone, then míng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 光明 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guangming with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 光明 from the suggestions. Typing guangming into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
光明 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.