光 (gwong1 | guang1 guang2 guang4) : light; shine

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光

gwong1

guang1 guang2 guang4

[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: 儿 (#10)

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

光

This word has been viewed 1 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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脫光 tyut3 gwong1 tuo1 guang1 = to strip naked;

光緒帝 gwong1 seoi5 dai3 guang1 xu4 di4 = Guangxu Emperor of Qing Dynasty

光緒 gwong1 seoi5 guang1 xu4 = reign name of penultimate Qing emperor Guangxu (1875-1908)

光年 gwong1 nin4 guang1 nian2 = light-year

月光 jyut6 gwong1 yue4 guang1 = moonlight (Mandarin); the moon (Cantonese)

光束 gwong1 cuk1 guang1 shu4 = beam of light

日光 jat6 gwong1 ri4 guang1 = sunshine; daylight

陽光 joeng4 gwong1 yang2 guang1 = sunshine

吃光 hek3 gwong1 = to finish eating 國

光明 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 all 12 examples containing 光

蠟燭光照得妳好靚呀！粵
You look beautiful in the candlelight!

燭光照的妳真美麗！國
You look beautiful in the candlelight!

聖誕節是闔家團聚的好時光國
Christmas is a time for family.

一盞好光嘅街燈﹐照住黑暗嘅角落。粵
A really bright streetlight is illuminating a dark corner.

你要捹啲螢光棒粵
You need to wave the glow sticks.

危險：激光在使用中國
Danger: Laser in use.

佢做嘢咁慢，做到天光都做唔完啦！粵
He works so slowly, he won't be even finished by [next] morning.

家下都𨂾光黑，我睇係嚟唔切去架喇！粵
It is already dusk, I don't think we can make it in time.

一寸光陰一寸金，寸金難買寸光陰
Time is as valuable as gold. However, one cannot buy time with gold.

我幾個月前見到有一盞又好光又非常之高嘅街燈喺草地上面粵
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.]

呢個係一個開頭光芒芒，後尾黑壓壓嘅故事粵
This is a story that starts out innocently but ends up being very dark.
[Lit. this [counter] is one [counter] start bright, end dark [possessive particle] story]

年卅晚同家人喺度𨅝檯腳, 點知得咁啱男朋友又預訂咗情人節喺呢度食燭光晚餐。粵
I had my reunion dinner with my family here on Chinese New Year's Eve. Little did I know that my boyfriend made a reservation to have our candlelight dinner in this same place on Valentine's day.

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 光
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