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光
Mandarin · pinyin guāng
Meanings
- light; ray (Classifier: 道 dào)
- bright; shiny
- only; merely
- used up; finished
- to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
Characters in this entry
- 光
- guāng · light, brilliant, shine; only
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Mandarin tones
1 · guang1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
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Cantonese word readings for 光. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character
- light; beam; ray (Classifier: 束 m; 道 m)
- light; beam; ray (Classifier: 束 m; 道 m) — (specifically, physics) ray (Classifier: 條／条)
- to make bare; to be naked
- only; alone
- Particle used after verbs to show exhaustion or completion; until none is left
- scenery; sight
- glory; pride; honor
- time
- bright
- brightness; luster
- smooth; glossy; polished; shiny; sleek
- (figurative) advantage; benefit; goodness
- to add honor to; to win honor for; to add luster on
- (literary) to glorify; to bring honor to; to exalt; to make conspicuous
- Used in polite expressions.
- (Hokkien) to become bright; to brighten
- a surname
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- (historical dictionaries only) to color
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