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  gwong1   jyutping
  guang1 guang2 guang4   pinyin
[1] light; brightness; brilliant; shine; light rays [2] glossy; smooth [3] glory; glorious; honor [4] [v] exhaust; use up [5] alone; only [6] bare; [v] bare; naked [7] a Chinese family name

Stroke count: 6
Level: 2
Radical: (#10)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

This word has been viewed 28422 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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detail  tyut3 gwong1  tuo1 guang1 = to strip naked;
detail  gwong1 seoi5 dai3  guang1 xu4 di4 = Guangxu Emperor of Qing Dynasty
detail  gwong1 seoi5  guang1 xu4 = reign name of penultimate Qing emperor Guangxu (1875-1908)
detail  gwong1 nin4  guang1 nian2 = light-year
detail  jyut6 gwong1  yue4 guang1 = moonlight (Mandarin); the moon (Cantonese)
detail  gwong1 cuk1  guang1 shu4 = beam of light
detail  jat6 gwong1  ri4 guang1 = sunshine; daylight
detail  joeng4 gwong1  yang2 guang1 = sunshine
detail  hek3 gwong1   = to finish eating
detail  gwong1 ming4  guang1 ming2 = bright future, promising future
See all 273 compounds (CantoDict reports 288 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 10 of 12 examples containing 光
detail audio 蠟燭光照
You look beautiful in the candlelight!
detail 燭光美麗
You look beautiful in the candlelight!
detail 聖誕節闔家團聚時光
Christmas is a time for family.
detail 街燈照住黑暗角落
A really bright streetlight is illuminating a dark corner.
detail 螢光棒
You need to wave the glow sticks.
detail 危險激光使用
Danger: Laser in use.
detail 做嘢做到天光
He works so slowly, he won't be even finished by [next] morning.
detail 家下𨂾光黑嚟唔切
It is already dusk, I don't think we can make it in time.
detail 光陰光陰
Time is as valuable as gold. However, one cannot buy time with gold.
detail 幾個見到非常之街燈草地上面
I saw a bright and really tall streetlight on the grass a few months ago.
[Lit. I several months before see-arrive have one [counter] and bright and very tall [possessive particle] streetlight located grass-floor on.]
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