Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- bǐng
English
- bright, luminous
- bright
- glorious
- brilliant
- luminous
- character commonly used in names
粵語
- 經常用嚟做名嘅字，本義係光明
As a component in
Words containing 炳
- 樣炳joeng2 bing2
an ugly face; an angry face; a bad situation [colloquial]
- 彪炳biu1 bing2
(literary) (of deeds, accomplishments etc) to shine brightly (in the annals of history etc)
- 阿炳aa3 bing2
a fool; now usually 豬頭炳 zyu1 tau4 bing2
- 炳著bing2 zoek6
eminent; renowned
- 娘炳loeng1 bing2
old-fashioned
- 盲炳maang4 bing2
an idiot; an useless person [colloquial]
- 懵炳mung2 bing2
fool; idiot; used as an insult
- 炳煥bing2 wun6
bright and brilliant
- 豬頭炳zyu1 tau4 bing2
a fool; an idiot
- 五行欠炳ng5 hang4 him3 bing2
in need of a beating as a punishment [colloquial]
- 炳文bing2 man4
luminous style
- 炳然bing2 jin4
to be manifest for everyone to see
- 炳耀bing2 jiu6
bright and luminous
- 炳蔚bing2 wai3
splendid (of writing style)
- 章炳麟zoeng1 bing2 leon4
Zhang Taiyan 章太炎 (1869-1936), scholar, journalist, revolutionary and leading intellectual around the time of the Xinhai revolution
- 炳燭bing2 zuk1
by bright candlelight
- 彪炳千古biu1 bing2 cin1 gu2
to shine through the ages (idiom)