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亮光

Cantonese · source Jyutpingloeng6 gwong1

(noun) Bright light

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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.

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loeng66 · low levelgwong11 · high level

Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.

Same syllable, six tones

loengloeng1—loeng2—loeng3—量loeng4to take a measurement 兩loeng5two 亮loeng6bright

gwong光gwong1light 广gwong2wide 桄gwong3a woven wood and bamboo utensilgwong4—gwong5—gwong6—

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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亮光

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

亮光 liàng guāng CC-CEDICT · Mandarinlight; beam of light; gleam of light; light reflected from an object

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: liang4 guang1. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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