开朗 meaning in English

kāilǎng

spacious and well-lit; open and clear

HSK 7-9adjectiveTraditional 開朗14 strokes

Meaning of 开朗

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

kāilǎng
  1. spacious and well-lit
  2. open and clear
  3. (of character) optimistic
  4. cheerful
  5. carefree

开朗 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

她tā开kāi朗lǎng的de个gè性xìng使shǐ我wǒ觉jué得de快kuài乐lè。
I get a kick out of her cheerful personality.
她tā的de脸liǎn上shàng总zǒng是shì挂guà著zhù开kāi朗lǎng的de微wēi笑xiào。
She is always bright and smiling.
郁yù婷tíng跟gēn男nán朋péng友yǒu分fēn手shǒu后hòu,整zhěng个gè人rén变biàn开kāi朗lǎng了le。
Yu-ting's so much brighter after breaking up with her boyfriend.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

开 kāi · to open · 4 strokes

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朗 lǎng · bright · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 开朗.

打开dǎkāito open; to show (a ticket)
开玩笑kāi wánxiàoto play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
开车kāichēto drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual jok
开会kāihuìto hold or attend a meeting
离开líkāito depart; to leave
开心kāixīnto feel happy; to rejoice
走开zǒukāito leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside
分开fēnkāito separate; to part
开学kāixué(of a student) to start school; (of a semester) to begin
开机kāijīto start an engine; to boot up (a computer)
开始kāishǐto begin; to start; beginning; start
公开gōngkāiopen; overt; public; to make public; to release

Questions about 开朗

What does 开朗 mean?

开朗 (kāilǎng) means "spacious and well-lit; open and clear" and is used as a adjective.

How do you write 开朗?

开朗 is made of 2 characters: 开 (4 strokes), 朗 (10 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.

Is 开朗 an HSK word?

Yes. 开朗 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 开朗 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 开朗 is written 開朗.