Save Gender Masculine Usage Chinese Scripts 东亮, 栋梁, etc.(Chinese) 東亮, 棟樑, etc.(Traditional Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /tʊŋ.ljaŋ/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Chinese 东 (dōng) meaning "east" or 栋 (dòng) meaning "pillar, beam" combined with 亮 (liàng) meaning "bright, radiant, light" or 梁 (liáng) meaning "beam, bridge". Other character combinations can form this name as well.