# 光明
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): guāngmíng
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄤ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gwong$^1$ ming$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kông-mìn
    (Hailu, HRS): gong$^ˋ$ min
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gorng$^1$ ming$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-bêng / kng-bêng
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: guāngmíng
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄤ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: guangmíng
*** Wade–Giles: kuang$^1$-ming$^2$
*** Yale: gwāng-míng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guangming
*** Palladius: гуанмин (guanmin)
*** Sinological IPA : /ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ miŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gwong$^1$ ming$^4$
*** Yale: gwōng mìhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gwong$^1$ ming$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: guong$^1$ ming$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ mɪŋ²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kông-mìn
*** Hakka Romanization System: gong$^ˊ$ min$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gong$^1$ min$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /koŋ²⁴ min¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: gong$^ˋ$ min
*** Sinological IPA: /koŋ⁵³ min⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: gorng$^1$ ming$^2$ [Phonetic: gorng$^5$ ming$^2$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: go̤ng-míng
*** Sinological IPA : /kɒŋ⁵³³⁻²¹ miŋ¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-bêng
*** Tâi-lô: kong-bîng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kongbeeng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² biɪŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ biɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kng-bêng
*** Tâi-lô: kng-bîng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kngbeeng
*** IPA (Taipei): /kŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ biɪŋ²³/
* kong-bêng - literary;
* kng-bêng - vernacular.

### Noun

光明
* light; illumination; brightness; brilliance

#### Synonyms

* 光亮 (guāngliàng)
* 亮光 (liàngguāng)

### Adjective

光明
* bright; shining
* (figurative, of future etc.) promising; bright
    前途光明 ― qiántú guāngmíng ― bright future
* (figurative) open-hearted; frank; straightforward

#### Synonyms

* (bright):
* 亮堂 (liàngtáng)
* 光亮 (guāngliàng)
* 光線充足 / 光线充足 (guāngxiàn chōngzú)
* 明亮 (míngliàng)
* 明朗 (mínglǎng)
* 晶亮 (jīngliàng)
* 晴朗 (qínglǎng) (of the sky)
* 清朗 (qīnglǎng) (of the sky)
* 炳 (bǐng) (literary, or in compounds)
* 皓 (hào) (literary, or in compounds)
* 皓旰 (hàogàn) (literary)
* 皦皦 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
* 麟麟 (línlín) (literary)

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “bright”): 黑暗 (hēi'àn), (Hokkien, Teochew) 烏暗／乌暗

### Proper noun

光明
* (～區) Guangming (a district of Shenzhen, Guangdong, China)
* (～社區) Guangming (a community of Chengzhong, Yingcheng, Xiaogan, Hubei, China)
* (～市) Gwangmyeong (a city in Gyeonggi, South Korea)

### Derived terms

* 光明正大 (guāngmíngzhèngdà)
* 光明燈 / 光明灯 (guāngmíngdēng)
* 光明磊落 (guāngmínglěiluò)
* 大放光明
* 正大光明 (zhèngdàguāngmíng)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 光 | 明 |
| こう Grade: 2 | みょう Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Noun

光(こう)明(みょう) • (kōmyō)
* light
* hope in adverse circumstances
** 1923, 国枝史郎, 沙漠の古都:
    私(わたし)の胸(むね)へ光明(こうみょう)が一筋(ひとすじ)しらしらと白(しら)んで来(き)た。
       Watashi no mune e kōmyō ga hitosuji shirashira to shirande kita.
       A ray of hope began to grow stronger in my heart.

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 光 | 明 |

### Noun

光明 • (gwangmyeong) (hangeul 광명)
* hanja form of 광명 (“light”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 光 | 明 |

### Adjective

光明
* chữ Hán form of quang minh (“open; bright; radiant; righteous; magnanimous”).