良 (liáng): good, very, very much
良 (liáng) is a Chinese character meaning “good.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 丶 (structural) and 艮 (structural). It ranks #835 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- good
- very
- very much
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 良
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 善良 | shàn liáng | good and honest | 5 |
| 良好adjective | liáng hǎo | good | 5 |
| 不良adjective | bù liáng | bad | 5 |
| 优良adjective | yōu liáng | fine | 5 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 良心 | liáng xīn | conscience |
| 良知 | liáng zhī | innate sense of right and wrong |
| 改良 | gǎi liáng | to improve (sth) |
| 良机 | liáng jī | a good chance |
| 精良 | jīng liáng | excellent |
| 良药 | liáng yào | good medicine |
| 良性 | liáng xìng | positive (in its effect) |
| 良师益友 | liáng shī yì yǒu | good teacher and helpful friend (idiom) |
| 奥尔良 | ào ěr liáng | Orléans |
| 良方 | liáng fāng | good medicine |
| 良多 | liáng duō | considerably |
| 良民 | liáng mín | good people |
| 纽奥良 | niǔ ào liáng | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| 奈良 | nài liáng | Nara, an old capital of Japan |
| 除暴安良 | chú bào ān liáng | to root out the strong and give people peace (idiom) |
良 appears in 100 compound words: 50 as the first character, 30 as the last, and 20 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 良 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (25)
expert craft from hard practice (idiom); hard-won skill; A masterpiece demands suffering.
expert craft from hard practice (idiom); hard-won skill; A masterpiece demands suffering.
Showing 12 of 25 idioms containing 良.
Example Sentences
学习良字需要反复练习，才能写得工整。
xué xí liáng zì xū yāo fǎn fù liàn xí , cái néng xiě dé gōng zhěng .
Mastering the character "良" requires repeated practice to write it neatly.
以优良作风奋进新征程——“树立和践行正确政绩观...
yǐ yōu liáng zuò fēng fèn jìn xīn zhēng chéng — — shù lì hé jiàn háng zhèng què zhèng jì guàn . . .
Forge ahead on a new journey with a good style - "establish and practice a correct view of political performance...
高市早苗能让日再进化?曾在奈良公园“对鹿演讲”练功...她如何点年轻世...
gāo shì zǎo miáo néng ràng rì zài jìn huà ? céng zài nài liáng gōng yuán duì lù yǎn jiǎng liàn gōng . . . tā rú hé diǎn nián qīng shì . . .
Can Sanae Takaichi make Japan evolve again? He practiced "giving a speech to deer" in Nara Park... How did she point out the young world...
剑指男童性发育不良 长春高新“网红”软膏获批临床|速读公告
jiàn zhǐ nán tóng xìng fā yù bù liáng cháng chūn gāo xīn wǎng hóng ruǎn gāo huò pī lín chuáng sù dòu gōng gào
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春节饮食易伤脾胃 中医调理有良方
chūn jié yǐn shí yì shāng pí wèi zhōng yī diào lǐ yǒu liáng fāng
The Spring Festival diet is easy to damage the spleen and stomach, and there are good prescriptions for traditional Chinese medicine conditioning
儿童理财|校长吁及早建立良好理财习惯 家长必学将储蓄融入生活:“财...
ér tóng lǐ cái jiào cháng xū jí zǎo jiàn lì liáng hǎo lǐ cái xí guàn jiā cháng bì xué jiāng chǔ xù róng rù shēng huó : cái . . .
Children's financial management|Principal calls for early establishment of good financial habits Parents must learn to integrate savings into their lives: "Finance...
玛丽海特本周在纽奥良。
Mǎlì Hǎitè běn zhōu zài Niǔ'àoliáng.
Mary Hat was in New Orleans this week.
良禽择木而栖，贤臣择主而事。
Liángqínzémù'érqī, xián chén zé zhǔ ér shì.
A prudent bird chooses its tree. A wise servant chooses his master.
奈良是个非常古老的城市。
Nàiliáng shì ge fēicháng gǔlǎo de chéngshì.
Nara is a very old city.
尼日尔仍然有50万孩子面临着营养不良。
Nírì'ěr réngrán yǒu 50 wàn háizi miànlín zhe yíngyǎngbùliáng.
Half a million children still face malnutrition in Niger.
Character Family
艮 Radical Family — Characters sharing the stubborn radical
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