光
guāng HSK3

light

光 guāng
light noun
light; ray; beam of light

太阳不仅给我们光，还给我们热。

tài​yang bù​jǐn gěi wǒ​men guāng, hái gěi wǒ​men rè.

Not only does the sun give us light, but it gives us heat.

time noun
(literary) time; days
merely adverb
merely; solely; only

光靠努力不够。

guāng kào nǔ​lì bù​gòu.

Hard work alone is not enough.

used up particle
used up; finished; exhausted; indicating that nothing is left

我们不能突然出现，偷光他的食物。

wǒ​men bù​néng tū​rán chū​xiàn, tōu guāng tā de shí​wù.

We can't just show up and steal all his food.

[honorific] verb
(honorific) used to indicate that the presence or actions of another bring one honor, such as in 光临 guāng​lín
scenery verbnoun
scenery; sight; scene
smooth adjectiveverb
smooth; glossy; polished
to be bare adjective
to be bare; to be naked; to leave a part of the body uncovered

为什么你光着脚？

wèi​shén​me nǐ guāng zhe jiǎo?

Why are you barefoot?

gracious nounverb
(literary) gracious, used as an honorific in terms such as 光顾 guāng​gù
honor adjective
honor; glory; luster; used to describe pride or distinction brought to a person or group
benefit
benefit; advantage; favor or help received from someone else
surname
a Chinese surname
to glorify
to bring honor to; to glorify; to reflect credit on

Cross-References

Classifier

Has old variant

Referenced by

Frequency
Character
Written text
290th most common 763.0 per million
Movie subtitles
406th most common 369.0 per million appears in 80% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
112.7 per million appears in 36% of films
Written text
161.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+5149

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)