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光

guāng

HSK 4 Character Measure word 道

What 光 means

1. light; ray
2. bright; shiny
3. only; merely
4. used up; finished
5. to leave (a part of the body) uncovered

Example sentences

• 月光真美。
  Yuèguāng zhēn měi.
  The moonlight is really beautiful.
• 灯泡发光。
  Dēngpào fāguāng.
  A light bulb gives light.
• 时光飞逝。
  Shíguāng fēishì.
  Time flies.
• 欢迎光临！
  Huānyíng guānglín!
  Welcome.
• 欢迎光临。
  Please come.
• 月光好亮。
  The moon's so bright.

Words starting with 光

• 光明guāng mínglight; radiance; (fig.) bright (prospects etc)
• 光荣guāng rónghonor and glory; glorious
• 光盘guāng páncompact disc (CD); DVD; CD-ROM
• 光临guāng lín(formal) to honor with one's presence; to attend
• 光滑guāng huáglossy; sleek; smooth
• 光芒guāng mángrays of light; brilliant rays; radiance
• 光辉guāng huīradiance; glory; brilliant
• 光彩guāng cǎiluster; splendor; radiance
• 光线guāng xiànlight ray; light; illumination
• 光顾guāng gùto visit (as a customer)
• 光是guāng shìsolely; just
• 光绪Guāng xùreign name of penultimate Qing emperor Guangxu or Guang-hsu (1875-1908)
• 光亮guāng liàngbright
• 光阴guāng yīntime available
• 光头guāng tóushaven head; bald head; to go bareheaded
• 光棍guāng gùngangster; hoodlum; bachelor; single man; (dialect) wise person; astute person
• 光泽guāng zéluster; gloss
• 光景guāng jǐngcircumstances; scene; about
• 光华guāng huábrilliance; splendor; magnificence
• 光环guāng huánring of light; halo; (fig.) glory; splendor
• 光大guāng dàsplendid; magnificent; abbr. for 中国光大银行
• 光学guāng xuéoptics
• 光碟guāng diéoptical disc; compact disc; CD
• 光影guāng yǐnglight and shadow; sunlight and shade

Words containing 光

• 阳光yáng guāngsunshine; (of personality) upbeat; energetic; transparent (open to public scrutiny)
• 目光mù guānggaze; (fig.) attention; expression in one's eyes; look; (lit. and fig.) sight; vision
• 时光shí guāngtime (esp. as sth that passes)
• 眼光yǎn guānggaze; insight; foresight
• 风光fēng guāngscene; view; sight
• 曝光bào guāngto expose (photography); (fig.) to expose (a scandal); (advertising) exposure
• 观光guān guāngto tour; sightseeing; tourism
• 沾光zhān guāngto bask in the light; fig. to benefit from association with sb or sth; reflected glory
• 灯光dēng guāng(stage) lighting; light
• 月光yuè guāngmoonlight
• 不光bù guāngnot the only one; not only
• 走光zǒu guāngto expose oneself; to be completely gone
• 耳光ěr guānga slap on the face
• 发光fā guāngto emit light; to shine; to glow; to glisten; to be luminous
• 星光xīng guāngstarlight
• 激光jī guānglaser
• 闪光shǎn guāngflash
• 曙光shǔ guāngthe first light of dawn; (fig.) glimmer of hope after a dark period; a new beginning
• 火光huǒ guāngflame; blaze
• 烛光zhú guāngcandlelight; candlelit (vigil etc); candela, unit of luminous intensity (cd)
• 日光rì guāngsunlight
• 春光chūn guāngscenes of springtime; the radiance of spring; (fig.) a sight of sth sexy or erotic
• 亮光liàng guānglight; beam of light; gleam of light
• 脱光tuō guāngto strip naked; to strip nude; (colloquial) to find oneself a partner

Characters that look like 光

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 先xiānbeforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now
• 免miǎnto excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office
• 走zǒuto walk; to go; to run
• 充chōngsufficient; full; to fill; to serve as; to act as
• 秃tūbald (lacking hair or feathers); barren; bare; denuded; blunt (lacking a point)
• 尧Yáosurname Yao; Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of the Five legendary Emperors 五帝

Sounds the same

Read guāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 咣(onomatopoeia) bang; door banging shut
• 胱used in 膀胱
• 桄used in 桄榔
• 銧point of a sword
• 珖(jade)
• 洸sparkling water
• 垙(literary) footpath separating fields; (used in place names)
• 灮old variant of 光
• 炗old variant of 光