光
HSK 3freq #800
Meanings
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- 1.light; ray (CL:道[dào])
- 2.bright; shiny
- 3.only; merely
- 4.used up; finished
- 5.to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
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Wiktionary
- 1.light; beam; ray (Classifier: 束 m; 道 m)
- 2.ray (Classifier: 條／条)
- 3.to make bare; to be naked
- 4.only; alone
- 5.Particle used after verbs to show exhaustion or completion; until none is left
- 6.scenery; sight
- 7.glory; pride; honor
- 8.time
- 9.bright
- 10.brightness; luster
- 11.smooth; glossy; polished; shiny; sleek
- 12.advantage; benefit; goodness
- 13.to add honor to; to win honor for; to add luster on
- 14.to glorify; to bring honor to; to exalt; to make conspicuous
- 15.Used in polite expressions.
- 16.to become bright; to brighten
- 17.a surname
- 18.to color
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Etymology
Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 火 (“fire”) + 卩 (“kneeling person”) – fire over a person's head, emphasizing the shining of light (Shuowen). From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *hwaŋ (“shine; bright; yellow”). Cognate with 黃 (OC *ɡʷaːŋ, “yellow”), 曠 (OC *kʰʷaːŋs, “bright; well-lit”), Burmese ဝင်း (wang:, “bright”).
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
歡迎光臨。
Please come.
時光飛逝。
Time flies.
汤姆光着膀子。
Tom was stripped to the waist.
我能看到光線。
I can see the light.
我见过汤姆光着。
I've seen Tom naked.
我們不能光坐著。
We can't sit idly by.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
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