亮 (liàng) means Bright (light). Below are 24 of the 39 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
天 亮 了，该起床了。
Tiān liàng le, gāi qǐchuáng le.
It is light out; time to get up.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 亮
这些花真漂 亮 。
Zhèxiē huā zhēn piàoliang.
These flowers are really beautiful.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 花
你的手表真漂 亮 。
Nǐ de shǒubiǎo zhēn piàoliang.
Your watch is really beautiful.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 真
月 亮 围绕地球转。
Yuèliang wéirào dìqiú zhuàn.
The moon revolves around the earth.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 围绕
他的嗓音很响 亮 。
Tā de sǎngyīn hěn xiǎngliàng.
His voice is loud and clear.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 响亮
她的字写得很漂 亮 。
Tā de zì xiě de hěn piàoliang.
She writes characters beautifully.
Dictionary example · HSK 1 · 漂亮
孩子们喜欢看月 亮 。
Háizimen xǐhuan kàn yuèliang.
Children love looking at the moon.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 月亮
演出的服装很漂 亮 。
Yǎnchū de fúzhuāng hěn piàoliang.
The costumes for the show are beautiful.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 服装
封面的设计很漂 亮 。
Fēngmiàn de shèjì hěn piàoliang.
The cover design is beautiful.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 设计
房间装饰得很漂 亮 。
Fángjiān zhuāngshì de hěn piàoliang.
The room is beautifully decorated.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 装饰
今天晚上的月 亮 很大。
Jīntiān wǎnshang de yuèliang hěn dà.
The moon is very big tonight.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 月亮
她今天打扮得很漂 亮 。
Tā jīntiān dǎban de hěn piàoliang.
She is dressed up beautifully today.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 打扮
这块布的颜色很漂 亮 。
Zhè kuài bù de yánsè hěn piàoliang.
The colour of this cloth is lovely.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 布
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From the graded readers
丽丽很高，也很漂 亮 。
lí lí hěn gāo, yě hěn piàoliang.
Lili is tall and pretty.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Friend Lili
小白是白色的，很漂 亮 。
xiǎo bái shì báisè de / dì, hěn piàoliang.
Xiaobai is white and very pretty.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Cat
商店里的衣服很多，很漂 亮 。
shāngdiàn lǐ de / dì yīfu hěnduō, hěn piàoliang.
There were a lot of clothes in the shop and they were pretty.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going Shopping
月 亮 又大又圆，比平时 亮 得多。
yuèliàng yòu dà yòu yuán, bǐ píngshí liàng deduō.
The moon was big and round, far brighter than usual.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Mid-Autumn Festival
忽然，灯 亮 了，我的朋友们都在！
hūrán, dēng liàng le / liǎo / liào, wǒ de(possessive) péngyou men dōu zài!
Suddenly the lights came on and all my friends were there!
Graded reader · HSK 2 · An Anniversary Surprise
妈妈把手机举起来，让我看他们那边的月 亮 。
māma bǎshǒu jī jǔ qǐlai, ràng wǒ kàn / kān tāmen nàbian de / dì yuèliàng.
Mum lifted the phone so I could see the moon from their side.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Mid-Autumn Festival
亮 appears in 39 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 亮
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 亮
How is 亮 used in a sentence?
This page shows 39 sentences using 亮 (liàng, "Bright (light)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 亮 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 亮 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 亮 an HSK word?
Yes — 亮 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 亮?
The dictionary page for 亮 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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