(liàng) - bright, light, to shine in Mandarin
liàngTraditional: 亮
Translation
bright, light, to shine
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Examples
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The room is very bright.
，。
It is light now, let's get up.
盏。
This lamp is not very bright.
亮 (liàng) means bright, and 天亮了 (it has got light, dawn has come) is the everyday phrase. It also forms 漂亮 (piàoliang, pretty), where the character is read with a neutral tone. As a verb it means to light up: 灯亮了 means the light came on.
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