The Chinese word for bright is
明亮
míngliàng
Translations for bright and their definitions
| 明亮 | |
| 1. adj. bright; well-lit | |
| 2. adj. shining; shiny | |
| 3. adj. understanding thoroughly; clear | |
| 4. adj. loud and clear |
| 亮 | |
| 1. bright; brilliant; radiant | |
| 2. loud and clear | |
| 3. (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Wu, Xiang) lamp; light | |
| 4. to shine; to illuminate | |
| ^亮 ^島 - tr=Liông-dō̤, Liang Island, Beigan, Lienchiang (Matsu), ROC (Taiwan), MD | |
| 5. (neologism) to be the highlight; to be epic | |
| 6. to make one's voice loud and clear; to raise one's voice | |
| 7. to reveal; to disclose |
| 明 | |
| 1. bright; light; brilliant | |
| 明月 - splendid moon | |
| 2. clear; limpid (transparent; light-conducting; not obscured) | |
| 窗明几淨 - a neat place (literally, "the window is clear, the desk is clean") | |
| 3. manifest; apparent (easily seen, perceived, or detected) | |
| 明顯 - obvious | |
| 明瞭 - apparent; simple and clear | |
| 明 槍 易 躲，暗箭 難 防 - It is easy to dodge an open attack, but difficult to defend against a concealed one. | |
| 4. vision; sight (the ability to see) | |
| 失明 - to be blind; to lose eyesight | |
| 5. (of vision) acute; sharp; keen | |
| 耳聰目明 - sharp at hearing and vision | |
| 6. (figurative) intellect; knowledge; judgement; discernment; sensibility | |
| 無明 - ignorance | |
| 7. (figurative) intelligent; sensible; informed; wise | |
| 明智 - wise; sensible | |
| 英明 - wise | |
| 8. to understand; to know | |
| 講明 - to explain | |
| 明事理 - sensible; capable | |
| 你 唔 明 一定 要 出聲。 - If you don't understand you must speak up. | |
| 我 真係 唔係 好 明 點解（……） - I really don't get why (…) | |
| 9. evidently | |
| 明知故問 - to ask intentionally a question one already knows the answer to | |
| 10. (literary) to make known | |
| 開宗明義 - to make clear the main idea at the beginning in one's speech or writing | |
| 11. next; following | |
| 明天 - tomorrow | |
| 明年 - next year or the following year | |
| 今 冬 明 春 - this winter and next spring | |
| 12. (literary) tomorrow | |
| 13. Ming dynasty | |
| 14. , listed as #111 on the Baijiaxing | |
| 15. (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 明 |
| 聪明 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 聰明 |
| 聰明 | |
| 1. adj. clever; intelligent; smart; bright | |
| 他 生 得de 很 聰明。 - He is very smart. | |
| 2. adj. (archaic, of hearing and vision) sharp; keen; perceptive |
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