良 (loeng4 | liang2 liang3) : desirable, fine, auspicious

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良

loeng4

liang2 liang3

[1] [n] good; fine; desirable; auspicious; virtuous; respectable; beautiful [2] very [3] instinctive; inborn; innate

Stroke count: 7

Level: 2

Radical: 艮 (#138)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

良

This word has been viewed 9216 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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良機 loeng4 gei1 liang2 ji1 = good opportunity

良久 loeng4 gau2 liang2 jiu3 = a long time, a good while 國

良心 loeng4 sam1 liang2 xin1 = conscience

不良 bat1 loeng4 bu4 liang2 = bad, harmful, unhealthy

大膽狂徒，光天化日之下，竟敢調戲良家婦女 daai6 daam2 kong4 tou4, gwong1 tin1 faa3 jat6 zi1 haa6, ging2 gam2 tiu4 hei3 loeng4 gaa1 fu5 neoi5 = in broad daylight, flirt with a woman from a good home

良性 loeng4 sing3 liang2 xing4 = benign

善良 sin6 loeng4 shan4 liang2 = good; kind-hearted

優良 jau1 loeng4 you1 liang2 = fine; good

新奧爾良 san1 ou3 ji5 loeng4 xin1 ao4 er3 liang2 = New Orleans

良好 loeng4 hou2 liang2 hao3 = good, favorable, well, fine
See all 63 compounds (CantoDict reports 67 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 2 examples containing 良

緊要家陣開始努力溫書，考試過唔過到骨至少對得住自己良心。粵

你有張良計，我有過牆梯
Yours is a good idea, but mine is an even better plan.
[is an expression. 張良 was a famous master strategist. lit: You may have 張良's plan, but I have an escalade (a rampart-scaling ladder)]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 良
Unicode code for this character: U+826F (off-site link)

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