朗朗

lǎnglǎng
adjective #74,391

Meanings

  1. 1 clear and ringing (of voices)
  2. 2 bright; luminous

Examples

HSK 5
Háizimen lǎnglǎng de dúshū shēng cóng jiàoshì lǐ chuán chūlai.
The children's clear voices reading aloud drift out of the classroom.
HSK 7-9
Jīnwǎn xīngguāng lǎnglǎng, yèkōng géwài míngjìng.
Tonight the stars shine bright and the night sky is unusually clear.

Tips

usage
朗朗 most often describes the sound of reading aloud, as in 书声朗朗 'the sound of reading rings out' and 朗朗上口 'easy and pleasant to read aloud'. The 'bright' sense lives on in 朗朗乾坤 'a bright, peaceful world'.
mistakes
The pianist Lang Lang is written 郎朗, with the surname 郎. The adjective 朗朗 sounds almost the same but repeats 朗 'clear, bright'.

Stroke Order

朗 lǎng