谅 (liàng): to understand, to forgive
谅 (liàng) is a Chinese character meaning “to understand, to forgive.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 讠 (semantic) and 京 (phonetic). It ranks #2083 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 谅 speech. Its radical form 讠 (speech) appears in many related characters such as 认 (rèn, to recognize, to admit), 记 (jì, to remember, to record), 识 (shí, to know, knowledge).
Definitions
- to understand, to forgive
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 谅
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 体谅verb | tǐ liàng | to empathize |
| 谅解verb | liàng jiě | to understand |
| 见谅verb | jiàn liàng | please forgive me |
| 原谅色noun | yuán liàng sè | (slang) green |
| 谅解备忘录noun | liàng jiě bèi wàng lù | memorandum of understanding |
谅 appears in 6 compound words: 33 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 17 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 谅 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
请谅解我们的难处，这个问题需要更多时间来解决。
Qǐng liàngjiě wǒmen de nánchu, zhè gè wèntí xūyào gèng duō shíjiān lái jiějué.
Please understand our difficulties; this issue needs more time to resolve.
比亚迪电池与蒙古国乌兰巴托市签署战略合作谅解备忘录，扩大电动汽车规模化推广应用
bǐ yà dí diàn chí yǔ méng gǔ guó wū lán bā tuō shì qiān shǔ zhàn lüè gě zuò liàng jiě bèi wàng lù , kuò dà diàn dòng qì chē guī mó huà tuī guǎng yīng yòng
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推诿和傲慢，远比占座本身更难以让人原谅。
tuī 诿 hé ào màn , yuǎn bǐ zhàn zuò běn shēn gēng nán yǐ ràng rén yuán liàng .
Shifting the blame and arrogance are far harder to forgive than hogging a seat itself.
或许真正的成长，不是原谅，而是终于能够站在别人的位置上，看见对方的局限。
huò xǔ zhēn zhèng de chéng cháng , bù shì yuán liàng , ér shì zhōng yú néng gòu zhàn zài bié rén de wèi zhì shàng , kàn jiàn duì fāng de jú xiàn .
Perhaps true growth isn’t about forgiveness, but about finally being able to see things from another person’s perspective and recognize their limitations.
...D与新加坡国立大学功能智能材料研究院签署谅解备忘录,将在新加坡共建一座由AI驱动的...
. . . D yǔ xīn jiā pō guó lì dà xué gōng néng zhì néng cái liào yán jiū yuàn qiān shǔ liàng jiě bèi wàng lù , jiāng zài xīn jiā pō gòng jiàn yī zuò yóu A I qū dòng de . . .
...D has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Institute for Functional and Smart Materials at the National University of Singapore to jointly establish an AI-driven... in Singapore
独/哭求父母原谅 火烧车幸存者连跪3天
dú kū qiú fù mǔ yuán liàng huǒ shāo chē xìng cún zhě lián guì 3 tiān
Exclusive: Begging Parents for Forgiveness—Car Fire Survivor Kneels in Repentance for Three Days
汤姆永远也不会原谅我了，是吗？
Tāngmǔ yǒngyuǎn yě bù huì yuánliàng wǒ le, shì ma?
Tom is never going to forgive me, is he?
”原谅我。” — “我应该原谅什么？”
"yuánliàng wǒ." — "wǒ yīnggāi yuánliàng shénme?"
"Forgive me." "What do I have to forgive?"
她原谅了男孩的粗鲁。
Tā yuánliàng le nánhái de cūlǔ.
She forgave the boy for his rudeness.
他们原谅了他的罪行。
Tāmen yuánliàng le tā de zuìxíng.
They forgave him for his crimes.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 讠 (speech) component
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