光明

Chinese

		light; ray; bright	clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty
simp. and trad. (光明)		光	明
anagram		明光

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guāngmíng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤㄇㄧㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong¹ ming⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kông-mìn
Min Nan (POJ): kong-bêng / kng-bêng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: guāngmíng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤㄇㄧㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guangming
  - IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwong¹ ming⁴
  - Yale: gwōng mìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwong¹ ming⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: guong¹ ming⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kông-mìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: gong´ minˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gong¹ min²
  - IPA: /koŋ²⁴ min¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-bêng
  - Tâi-lô: kong-bîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kongbeeng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kng-bêng
  - Tâi-lô: kng-bîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kngbeeng
  - IPA (Taipei): /kŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²³/

Note:

kong-bêng - literary;
kng-bêng - vernacular.

Noun

光明

light; illumination; brightness; brilliance

Adjective

光明

bright; shining
(figuratively, of future etc.) promising; bright
(figuratively) open-hearted; frank; straightforward

Antonyms

(bright): 黑暗 (hēi'àn), (Min Nan) 烏暗／乌暗

Proper noun

光明

(～區) Guangming (a district of Shenzhen, Guangdong, China)
(～社區) Guangming (a community in Chengzhong, Yingcheng, Xiaogan, Hubei, China)

Derived terms

光明正大 (guāngmíngzhèngdà)
光明燈／光明灯
光明磊落 (guāngmínglěiluò)

大放光明
正大光明

Japanese

Kanji in this term
光	明
こう Grade: 2	みょう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Noun

光明 (hiragana こうみょう, rōmaji kōmyō)

light
hope in adverse circumstances
- 1923, 国枝史郎, 沙漠の古都:
  私 (わたし)の胸 (むね)へ光 (こう)明 (みょう)が一筋 (ひとすじ)しらしらと白 (しら)んで来 (き)た。
  Watashi no mune e kōmyō ga hitosuji shirashira to shirande kita.
  A ray of hope began to grow stronger in my heart.

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