重光

Chinese

		again	light; ray; bright
simp. and trad. (重光)		重	光

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chóngguāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁴ gwong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chóngguāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chóngguang
    • Wade–Giles: chʻung²-kuang¹
    • Yale: chúng-gwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chorngguang
    • Palladius: чунгуан (čunguan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cung⁴ gwong¹
    • Yale: chùhng gwōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴ gwong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung⁴ guong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

重光

1. to recover one's sight
2. (figurative) to recover (chiefly lost territories); to regain
3. (poetic) to renew; to regenerate; to be born again

   • 你的詩里寫道：「世紀重光，正義再生，人返古代，天降新民。」 [MSC, trad.]
     你的诗里写道：「世纪重光，正义再生，人返古代，天降新民。」 [MSC, simp.]

     From: c. 1948, Wang Weike (王維克), translator. Divine Comedy (Purgatory, Canto XXII). English text based on the translation by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

     Nǐde shīlǐ xiědào: “Shìjì chóngguāng, zhèngyì zàishēng, rén fǎn gǔdài, tiān jiàng xīnmín.” [Pinyin]

     When thou didst say: "The age renews itself,
     Justice returns, and man's primeval time,
     And a new progeny descends from heaven."

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chóngguāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁴ gwong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chóngguāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chóngguang
    • Wade–Giles: chʻung²-kuang¹
    • Yale: chúng-gwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chorngguang
    • Palladius: чунгуан (čunguan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cung⁴ gwong¹
    • Yale: chùhng gwōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴ gwong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung⁴ guong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Proper noun

重光

1. An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 重光, Shigemitsu

Japanese

Kanji in this term
重	光
しげ Grade: 3	みつ Grade: 2

Proper noun

重(しげ)光(みつ) • (Shigemitsu) 

1. a male given name

   重光(しげみつ)葵(まもる)

   Shigemitsu Mamoru

   Mamoru Shigemitsu