亮 liàng

1. liàng adjective bright; brilliant; radiant
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 明朗 (CC-CEDICT '亮'; Guoyu '亮' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '亮' 1, p. 268; Unihan '亮'; XHZD '亮' 1, p. 442)
2. liàng noun light
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Unihan '亮'; XHZD '亮' 2, p. 443)
3. liàng verb to reveal
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '亮'; Guoyu '亮' v 1; Kroll 2015 '亮' 1a, p. 268; XHZD '亮' 3, p. 443)
4. liàng adjective clear
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '亮' 1b, p. 268; XHZD '亮' 4, p. 443)
5. liàng adjective load and clear
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 宏亮 (Guoyu '亮' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '亮' 3, p. 268; XHZD '亮' 5, p. 443)
6. liàng adjective intelligent
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '亮' 2, p. 268)
7. liàng verb to trust; to believe
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As a variant of 谅 (Guoyu '亮' adj 3; Kroll 2015 '亮' 4, p. 268)

Contained in

• 敞亮 bright and spacious ; clear
• 宏亮 loud and clear; resonant
• 漂亮 pretty; beautiful; elegant; polished ; outstanding
• 月亮杯 menstrual cup
• 事后诸葛亮(事後諸葛亮) a genius in retrospect; hindsight is 20-20
• 亮鮭红(亮鮭紅) light salmon
• 麻麻亮 to begin to dawn; to be just getting light
• 亮星云(亮星雲) emission nebula
• 亮闪闪(亮閃閃) bright
• 贼亮(賊亮) bright; shiny; dazzling; glaring
• 擦亮 to polish
• 闪亮(閃亮) brilliant; shiny; a flare; to glisten; to twinkle
• 月亮女神号(月亮女神號) SELENE, Japanese lunar orbiter spacecraft, launched in 2007
• 三个臭皮匠，赛过一个诸葛亮(三個臭皮匠，賽過一個諸葛亮) three ignorant cobblers surpass a genius
• 亮相 to strike a pose (Chinese opera); to make a public appearance; to come out in public (revealing one's true personality, opinions etc)
• 洪亮 loud and clear; resonant
• 锃亮(鋥亮) shiny
• 响亮(響亮) loud and clear; resounding ; having a reputation
• 亮晶晶 gleaming; glistening
• 蒙蒙亮(矇矇亮) dawn; the first glimmer of light
• 雪亮 bright as snow; shiny; dazzling; sharp (of eyes)
• 亮光 light; a beam of light
• 清亮 clear ; crisp; resonant [sound] ; virtuous; upstanding [character]
• 贞亮(貞亮) loyal and virtuous
• 亮灰色 light gray
• 打开天窗说亮话(打開天窗說亮話) not to mince words; not to beat about the bush
• 宽亮(寬亮) wide and bright; without worries; deep and sonorous (voice)
• 天刚亮(天剛亮) daybreak
• 三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮(三個臭皮匠，賽過諸葛亮) three ignorant cobblers surpass a genius
• 透亮 bright; shining; translucent; crystal clear
• 异亮氨酸(異亮氨酸) isoleucine (Ile)
• 红泥月亮(紅泥月亮) Honeymoon
• 瓦亮 shiny; very bright
• 一时瑜亮(一時瑜亮) two remarkable persons living at the same period (as 周瑜[Zhou1 Yu2] and 諸葛亮|诸葛亮)
• 亮锃锃(亮鋥鋥) shiny; glistening
• 崭亮(嶄亮) shining; brilliant
• 亮光漆 varnish
• 天然照亮 natural lighting
• 亮点(亮點) highlight
• 亮彩 a bright color; sparkle; shine; glitter
• 三个臭皮匠，合成一个诸葛亮(三個臭皮匠，合成一個諸葛亮) three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius
• 亮菌 Armillariella tabescens (mushroom used in trad. Chinese medicine)
• 人工照亮 artificial lighting
• 光亮 bright; light
• 亮轿(亮轎) an open sedan chair
• 亮黄灯(亮黃燈) to flash the yellow light; to give a warning sign
• 点亮(點亮) to light; to light up

Also contained in

诸葛亮 、 庾亮 、 田亮 、 洪亮吉

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Truncated for common words

• 卷三十五 蜀書五 諸葛亮傳 Volume 35: Book of Shu 5 - Biography of Zhuge Liang Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 225
• 卷二百九十八 列傳第五十七 彭乘 嵇穎 梅摯 司馬池 李及 燕肅 蔣堂 劉夔 馬亮 陳希亮 Volume 298 Biographies 57: Peng Cheng, Ji Ying, Mei Zhi, Si Machi, Li Ji, Yan Su, Jiang Tang, Liu Kui, Ma Liang, Chen Xiliang History of Song 宋史 — count: 90
• 卷七十三 列傳第四十三 庾亮 Volume 73 Biographies 43: Yu Liang Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 87
• 卷66 李崇 崔亮 Volume 66: Li Chong, Cui Liang Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 64
• 卷四十四　列傳第三十二:　崔光 崔亮 Volume 44 Biographies 32: Cui Guang, Cui Liang History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 52
• 卷四十 蜀書十 劉彭廖李劉魏楊傳 Volume 40: Book of Shu 10 - Biographies of Liu, Peng, Liao, Li, Liu, Wei, and Yang Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 44
• 卷六十九 列傳第十九: 侯君集 張亮 薛萬徹 Volume 69 Biographies 19: Hou Junji, Zhang Liang, Xue Wanche Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 44
• 卷四十三 列傳第三 徐羨之 傅亮 檀道濟 Volume 43 Biographies 3: Xu Xianzhi, Fu Liang, Tan Daoji Book of Song 宋書 — count: 40
• 卷五十九 列傳第二十九 汝南王亮 楚王瑋 趙王倫 齊王冏 長沙王乂 成都王潁 河間王顒 東海王越 Volume 59 Biographies 29: Liang, Prince Wencheng of Ru'nan; Wei, Prince Yin of Chu; Lun, Prince of Zhao; Jiong, Prince of Qi; Ai, Prince of Changsha; Ying, Prince of Chengdu; Yong, Prince of Hejian; Yue, Prince Xiaoxian of Donghai Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 40
• 卷一百八十　　列傳第六十七: 耶律希亮 趙世延 孔思晦 Volume 180 Biographies 67: Yelu Xiliang, Zhao Shiyan, Kong Sihui History of Yuan 元史 — count: 39

Collocations

• 亮反 (亮反) 許亮反 — Xunzi 荀子, 榮辱篇第四 Chapter 4: Honor and Disgrace — count: 10
• 亮天 (亮天) 惟時亮天功 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 舜典 Yu Shu - Canon of Shun — count: 7
• 亮直 (亮直) 優繇亮直 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷一百下 敍傳 Volume 100b: Afterword and Family History 2 — count: 7
• 时亮 (時亮) 惟時亮天功 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 舜典 Yu Shu - Canon of Shun — count: 5
• 直亮 (直亮) 長音直亮反 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷三十七 桓榮丁鴻列傳 Volume 37: Biographies of Huan Rong, Ding Hong — count: 4
• 亮采 (亮采) 使宅百揆亮采 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 舜典 Yu Shu - Canon of Shun — count: 4
• 亮曰 (亮曰) 亮曰 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷六十三 李杜列傳 Volume 63: Biographies of Li, Du — count: 3
• 忠亮 (忠亮) 尚書令陳蕃薦朗公忠亮直 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷六十七 黨錮列傳 Volume 67: Biographies of Partisan Prohibitions — count: 3
• 亮等 (亮等) 張亮等十七人 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷六十九 竇何列傳 Volume 69: Biographies of Dou, He — count: 3
• 击亮 (擊亮) 右將軍張郃擊亮於街亭 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷三 魏書三 明帝紀 Volume 3: Book of Wei 3 - Annals of Emperor Ming — count: 2