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光临

guāng lín

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 光臨

光临 (guāng lín) means "(honorific) to grace with one's presence". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 光临 means

1. (formal) to honor with one's presence
2. to attend

The characters in 光临

• 光guānglight; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely
• 临línto face; to overlook; to arrive

Example sentences

• 欢迎光临！
  Huānyíng guānglín!
  Welcome.
• 欢迎光临。
  Please come.
• 感谢您的光临。
  Thanks for stopping by.
• 我期待着您的光临。
  Wǒ qīdài zhe nín de guānglín.
  I'm looking forward to your visit.
• 谢谢您今晚的光临。
  Thanks for coming over tonight.
• 汤姆感谢玛丽的光临。
  Tom thanked Mary for coming.

Words containing 光临

• 欢迎光临huān yíng guāng línWelcome! (used by staff to greet customers when they enter a shop or restaurant)
• 大驾光临dà jià guāng línwe are honored by your presence
• 阖第光临hé dì guāng línthe whole family is invited (idiom)

Where 光临 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Scenery, Light, Beauty & Honor (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read guāng lín correctly.
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