光 guāng
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noun
light
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 日光 'sunlight' (Guoyu '光' n 1; Kroll 2015 '光' 1; Unihan '光'; XHZD '光' 1) -
adjective
brilliant; bright; shining
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '光' adj 1; Unihan '光') -
verb
to shine
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '光' 2; Unihan '光') -
adverb
only
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 只; for example, 光说不做 'only speaking and not doing [all talk and no action]' (Guoyu '光' adv 2; Unihan '光'; XHZD '光' 7) -
verb
to bare; to go naked
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 裸露 (Guoyu '光' v 2) -
adjective
bare; naked
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '光' 6; XHZD '光' 6) -
noun
glory; honor
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 光彩; for example, 为国争光 'to fight for one's country with honor' (Guoyu '光' n 2; Kroll 2015 '光' 3; XHZD '光' 2) -
noun
scenery
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 景色 (Guoyu '光' n 3; XHZD '光' 3) -
adjective
smooth
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 光滑 (Guoyu '光' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '光' 4=5; XHZD '光' 4) -
adverb
used up
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 完了; for example, 卖光了 'sold out' (Guoyu '光' adv 1; XHZD '光' 5) -
noun
sheen; luster; gloss
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '光' 1a) -
noun
time; a moment
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 时间; as in 时光 (Guoyu '光' n 4; Kroll 2015 '光' 4) -
noun
grace; favor
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 恩惠 (Guoyu '光' n 5) -
proper noun
Guang
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '光' n 6) -
verb
to manifest
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 彰显 (Guoyu '光' v 1) -
adverb
welcome
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 欢迎光临 (Guoyu '光' adv 3)
Contained in
- 光学显微镜(光學顯微鏡) optical microscope
- 哑光(啞光) matte; non-glossy
- 漏光 to expose [a negative to light]
- 金光 golden light
- 激光唱片 compact disk; CD
- 光卤石(光鹵石) carnallite (hydrated potassium magnesium chloride mineral)
- 光背地鸫(光背地鶇) plain-backed thrush (Zoothera mollissima)
- 验光法(驗光法) optometry; eyesight testing
- 正大光明 just and honorable
- 圆光(圓光) halo ; an illusion
- 打光棍 to live as bachelor
- 沾光 to benefit from [someone else's achievements]; to bask in the glory of ; havina a luster
- 天光 sunlight ; weather; color of the sky ; daylight; daytime
- 发光(發光) to shine
- 光头党(光頭黨) skinheads
- 光棍节(光棍節) Singles' Day (November 11), originally a day of activities for single people, but now also the world's biggest annual retail sales day
- 光耀门楣(光耀門楣) splendor shines on the family's door; to bring honor to one's family
- 光被四表 merit that shines in all directions
- 油光可鉴(油光可鑒) oily and shiny to the point of reflecting; lustrous
- 烛光(燭光) candle light; candle-lit (vigil etc); candela, unit of luminous intensity (cd) ; candela
- 光头强(光頭強) Logger Vick (Boonie Bears character) / nickname for bald people
- 光脚(光腳) bare feet
- 刀光血影 massacre
- 调光器(調光器) dimmer
- 太阳光(太陽光) sunlight
- 极光(極光) aurora
- 光冲量(光衝量) radiant exposure
- 有机发光二级管(有機發光二級管) organic light emitting diode
- 金光党(金光黨) racketeers; con artists
- 寒光闪闪(寒光閃閃) to glitter like frost and snow
- 光明磊落 open and candid
- 发扬光大(發揚光大) to advocate; to promote and carry forward
- 激光打印机(激光打印機) laser printer
- 投光灯(投光燈) floodlight
- 光润(光潤) glossy; lustrous; sleek
- 电光(電光) lightning ; electric lighting ; a very short time; a flash
- 激光笔(激光筆) laser pointer
- 迴光返照 final radiance of the setting sun ; excitation of the spirit before death ; prosperity before final destruction
- 见光死(見光死) to wither in the light of day
Also contained in
善光佛地 、 李光耀 、 徐光启 、 华光礁 、 本地风光 、 高丽光宗 、 光明日报 、 兴光 、 风光可爱 、 电光朝露 、 宝光天子 、 光学字符识别
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- 卷一百三十六 列傳第六十一 李光弼附:荔非元禮 郝廷玉 李國臣 白孝德 張伯儀 白元光 陳利貞 侯仲莊 柏良器 烏承玼 Volume 136 Biographies 61: Li Guangbi relations: Lifei Yuanli, Hao Tingyu, Li Guochen, Bai Xiaode, Zhang Boyi, Bai Yuanguang, Chen Lizhen, Hou Zhongzhuang, Bai Liangqi, Wu Chengci New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 126
- 卷五十一 雜傳第三十九: 朱守殷 董璋 范延光 婁繼英 安重榮 安從進 楊光遠 Volume 51 Miscellaneous Biographies 31: Zhu Shouyin, Dong Zhang, Fan Yanguang, Lou Jiying, An Zhongrong, An Congjin, Yang Guangyuan New History of the Five Dynasties 新五代史 — count: 120
- 卷四十四 列傳第三十二: 崔光 崔亮 Volume 44 Biographies 32: Cui Guang, Cui Liang History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 116
- 卷一百二十二 載記第二十二 呂光 呂纂 呂隆 Volume 122 Records 22: Lü Guang; Lü Zuan; Lü Long Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 115
- 卷六十八 霍光金日磾傳 Volume 68: Huo Guang and Jin Midi Book of Han 漢書 — count: 115
- 卷三百六十九 列傳第一百二十八 張俊 張宗顏 劉光世 王淵 解元 曲端 Volume 369 Biographies 128: Zhang Jun, Zhang Zongyan, Liu Guangshi, Wang Yuan, Jie Yuan, Qu Duan History of Song 宋史 — count: 105
- 卷九十七 晉書23: 列傳12 范延光 張從賓 張延播 楊光遠 廬文進 李金全 Volume 97 Book of Later Jin 23: Biographies 12 - Fan Yanguang, Zhang Congbin, Zhang Yanbo, Yang Guangyuan, Lu Wenjin, Li Jinquan Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 103
- 卷三百三十六 列傳第九十五 司馬光子:康 呂公著子:希哲 希純 Volume 336 Biographies 95: Sima Guang and sons:Kang, Lu Gongzhe and son: Xizhe, Xi Chun History of Song 宋史 — count: 99
- 卷一百一十 列傳第六十: 李光弼 王思禮 鄧景山 辛雲京 Volume 110 Biographies 60: Li Guangbi, Wang Sili, Deng Jingshan, Xin Yunjing Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 99
- 卷一百六十一 列傳第一百十一: 李光進 烏重胤 王沛 李珙 李祐 董重質 楊元卿 劉悟 劉沔 石雄 Volume 161 Biographies 111: Li Guangjin, Wu Zhongyin, Wang Pei, Li Gong, Li You, Dong Zhongzhi, Yang Yuanqing, Liu Wu, Liu Mian, Shi Xiong Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 85
Collocations
- 世子光 (世子光) 齊世子光 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 24
- 务光 (務光) 務光不以生害義 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷七 精神訓 Chapter 7: Spirit — count: 8
- 未光 (未光) 施未光也 — Book of Changes 易經, 屯 Zhun — count: 8
- 光曰 (光曰) 公子光曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 7
- 子光 (子光) 齊大子光為質於晉 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 5
- 受光 (受光) 受光於隙照一隅 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十六 說山訓 Chapter 16: A Mountain of Persuasion — count: 4
- 公子光 (公子光) 吳公子光請於其眾曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4
- 弟光 (弟光) 陳侯之弟光出奔楚 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 4
- 光卒 (光卒) 吳子光卒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 3
- 光誉 (光譽) 光譽令聞 — Mozi 墨子, 卷三 尚同下 Book 3 - Identification with the Superior III — count: 3