朗
Meanings
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- 1.clear
- 2.bright
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Wiktionary
- 1.clear; bright
- 2.loud and clear
- 3.understanding; enlightened
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *raːŋʔ): phonetic 良 (OC *raŋ) + semantic 月 (“moon”) Areal etymon. Compare Khmer រង (rɔɔng, “be light, bright, become clear, clarify”), Old Mon to glitter (ˀaråṅ), Burmese ရောင် (raung, “brightness”), အရောင် (a.raung, “appearance, colour, luster”). Possibly related to 亮 (OC raŋh). (Schuessler, 2007)
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Components
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Example sentences
她開朗的個性使我覺得快樂。
I get a kick out of her cheerful personality.
世界上任何山峰都达不到珠穆朗瑪峰的高度。
No other mountain in the world is as tall as Mt. Everest.
世界上任何山峰都达不到珠穆朗瑪峰的高度。
No other mountain in the world is so high as Mt. Everest.
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Derived terms
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Related words
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