HSK 5 · Verbs

亮 liàng “bright” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 亮 means

  1. bright
  2. clear
  3. light
  4. to shine
  5. to flash
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • loud and clear
  • to show (one’s passport etc)
  • to make public (one’s views etc)

How to say 亮

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale亮liàng4th tone, falling

亮 in a sentence

  1. 灯没有亮着。

    Dēng méiyǒu liàng zhe.

    The light isn’t on.

    Sentence #2000409 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 天空逐渐明亮了起来。

    Tiānkōng zhújiàn míngliàng le qǐlai.

    The sky gradually grew brighter.

    Sentence #2386271 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 亮 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 亮 (liàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
亮liàngbright; light
  • 亠lid · tóu
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 冖cover · mì
  • 几table · jī

How to write 亮

亮 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 亮

Words with 亮

漂亮piàoliang · beautiful月亮yuèliang · the moon响亮xiǎngliàng · loud and clear

More words: Common Verbs

集合jíhé · to gather看望kànwàng · to visit靠kào · to lean on扩大kuòdà · to expand碰pèng · to touch签qiān · to sign (one’s name)伤害shānghài · to hurt湿润shīrùn · moist

FAQs

亮 (liàng) means “bright” or “clear”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it liàng: liàng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 亮 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type liang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 亮 from the suggestions. Typing liang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
亮 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.