光
guāng HSK3

light

光 guāng
light noun
light, ray, or beam of illumination

清晨的第一缕光穿过了窗帘。

qīng​chén de dì​yī lǚ guāng chuān​guò le chuāng​lián.

The first ray of morning light came through the curtains.

finished verb
used up, exhausted, or nothing left

由于太饿了，他把饭都吃光了。

yóu​yú tài è le, tā bǎ fàn dōu chī guāng le.

Because he was so hungry, he ate all the food.

only adverb
only, merely, or solely

光靠说话是不能解决问题的。

guāng kào shuō​huà shì bù néng jiě​jué wèn​tí de.

Talking alone cannot solve the problem.

bare verb
to leave a part of the body uncovered or naked

他在家里总是喜欢光着膀子。

tā zài jiā​lǐ zǒng​shì xǐ​huan guāng zhe bǎng​zi.

He always likes to go shirtless at home.

bright adjective
bright, shiny, or polished surface

这张木桌子的表面磨得很光。

zhè zhāng mù zhuō​zi de biǎo​miàn mó de hěn guāng.

The surface of this wooden table is worn smooth.

honor noun
honor, glory, or credit, especially derived from association with someone or something successful

Cross-References

Has old variant

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
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)