guāng

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Definitions

  1. 1. light
  2. 2. ray
  3. 3. bright
  4. 4. only
  5. 5. merely
  6. 6. to use up

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Words Containing 光

不光
bù guāng

not the only one

光彩
guāng cǎi

luster

光明
guāng míng

light

光明磊落
guāng míng lěi luò

open and candid (idiom); straightforward and upright

光荣
guāng róng

honor and glory

光滑
guāng huá

glossy; sleek; smooth

光泽
guāng zé

Guangze county in Nanping 南平[nán píng] Fujian

光环
guāng huán

halo

光盘
guāng pán

compact disc (CD); DVD; CD-ROM

光碟
guāng dié

optical disc

光线
guāng xiàn

light ray

光缆
guāng lǎn

optical cable

光临
guāng lín

(formal) to honor with one's presence

光芒
guāng máng

rays of light

光辉
guāng huī

radiance

光顾
guāng gù

to visit (as a customer)

容光焕发
róng guāng huàn fā

face glowing (idiom); looking radiant

时光
shí guāng

time

曙光
shǔ guāng

dawn

曝光
bào guāng

to expose (photography)

沾光
zhān guāng

to bask in the light

激光
jī guāng

laser

荧光
yíng guāng

fluorescence

灯光
dēng guāng

(stage) lighting

争光
zhēng guāng

to win an honor

发光
fā guāng

to shine

发扬光大
fā yáng guāng dà

to develop and promote

目光
mù guāng

gaze; (fig.) attention

眼光
yǎn guāng

gaze

耳光
ěr guāng

a slap on the face

观光
guān guāng

to tour

阳光
yáng guāng

sunshine

风光
fēng guāng

scene

X光
x guāng

X-ray

一寸光阴一寸金,寸金难买寸光阴
yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn , cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn

fig. Time is precious and must be treasured.

一寸光阴一寸金
yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn

fig. free time is to be treasured

一扫而光
yī sǎo ér guāng

to clear off

一线微光
yī xiàn wēi guāng

gleam

三光政策
sān guāng zhèng cè

Three Alls Policy (kill all, burn all, loot all), Japanese policy in China during WWII

三光
sān guāng

the sun, the moon, and the stars

不光彩
bù guāng cǎi

disgraceful

中国光大银行
zhōng guó guāng dà yín háng

China Everbright Bank

乳光
rǔ guāng

(mineralogy, physics) opalescence

五光十色
wǔ guāng shí sè

bright and multicolored

亮光
liàng guāng

light

仰光
yǎng guāng

Yangon (Rangoon), city, capital of Myanmar from 1948 to 2006

仰光大金塔
yǎng guāng dà jīn tǎ

Great Pagoda of Yangon (Rangoon)

佛光
fó guāng

Buddha's teachings

借光
jiè guāng

excuse me (i.e. let me through, please)

偏光
piān guāng

polarized light

偏光镜
piān guāng jìng

polarizing filter

偏振光
piān zhèn guāng

polarization of light

充满阳光
chōng mǎn yáng guāng

sun-drenched

光二极管
guāng èr jí guǎn

photodiode

光亮
guāng liàng

bright

光亮度
guāng liàng dù

brightness

光伏
guāng fú

photovoltaic (e.g. cell)

光伏器件
guāng fú qì jiàn

photovoltaic device (e.g. solar cell)

光信号
guāng xìn hào

optical signal

光光
guāng guāng

bright

光刻
guāng kè

photolithography

光刻机
guāng kè jī

photolithography machine

光前裕后
guāng qián yù hòu

to bring honor to one's ancestors and benefit future generations (idiom)

光功率
guāng gōng lǜ

optical power

光动嘴
guāng dòng zuǐ

empty talk

光化作用
guāng huà zuò yòng

photochemical effect

光化学
guāng huà xué

photochemistry

光化性角化病
guāng huà xìng jiǎo huà bìng

(medicine) actinic keratosis, aka solar keratosis

光合
guāng hé

photosynthesis

光合作用
guāng hé zuò yòng

photosynthesis

光圈
guāng quān

aperture

光大
guāng dà

splendid

光天化日
guāng tiān huà rì

the full light of day (idiom)

光子
guāng zǐ

photon (particle physics)

光学
guāng xué

optics

光学仪器
guāng xué yí qì

optical instrument

光学字符识别
guāng xué zì fú shí bié

optical character recognition (OCR)

光学雷达
guāng xué léi dá

optical radar (lidar)

光学显微镜
guāng xué xiǎn wēi jìng

optical microscope

光宗耀祖
guāng zōng yào zǔ

to bring honor to one's ancestors

光射线
guāng shè xiàn

light ray

光导纤维
guāng dǎo xiān wéi

optical fiber

光山
guāng shān

Guangshan county in Xinyang 信陽|信阳, Henan

光山县
guāng shān xiàn

Guangshan county in Xinyang 信陽|信阳, Henan

光州
guāng zhōu

Gwangju Metropolitan City, capital of South Jeolla Province 全羅南道|全罗南道[quán luó nán dào], South Korea

光州市
guāng zhōu shì

Gwangju Metropolitan City, capital of South Jeolla Province 全羅南道|全罗南道[quán luó nán dào], South Korea

光州广域市
guāng zhōu guǎng yù shì

Gwangju Metropolitan City, capital of South Jeolla Province 全羅南道|全罗南道[quán luó nán dào], South Korea

光年
guāng nián

light-year

光度
guāng dù

luminosity

光彩夺目
guāng cǎi duó mù

dazzling

光影
guāng yǐng

light and shadow

光影效
guāng yǐng xiào

lighting effect

光复
guāng fù

Guangfu or Kuangfu township in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县[huā lián xiàn], east Taiwan

光复会
guāng fù huì

anti-Qing revolutionary party set up in 1904 under Cai Yuanpei 蔡元培

光复乡
guāng fù xiāng

Guangfu or Kuangfu township in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县[huā lián xiàn], east Taiwan

光怪陆离
guāng guài lù lí

monstrous and multicolored

光感应
guāng gǎn yìng

optical response

光接收器
guāng jiē shōu qì

optical receiver

光敏
guāng mǐn

photosensitive

光斑
guāng bān

facula (astronomy)

光明新区
guāng míng xīn qū

New Guangming district of Shenzhen City 深圳市[shēn zhèn shì], Guangdong

光明日报
guāng míng rì bào

Guangming Daily, a Beijing newspaper

光明正大
guāng míng zhèng dà

(of a person) honorable

光明节
guāng míng jié

Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on Gregorian calendar)

光是
guāng shì

solely

光景
guāng jǐng

circumstances

光晕
guāng yùn

halo

光束
guāng shù

light beam

光柱
guāng zhù

light beam

光棍
guāng gùn

gangster

光棍节
guāng gùn jié

Singles' Day (November 11), originally a day of activities for single people, but now also the world's biggest annual retail sales day

光荣榜
guāng róng bǎng

honor roll

光荣革命
guāng róng gé mìng

Glorious Revolution (England, 1688)

光标
guāng biāo

cursor (computing)

光检测器
guāng jiǎn cè qì

optical detector

光气
guāng qì

phosgene COCl2, aka carbonyl chloride, a poisonous gas

光波
guāng bō

light wave

光波长
guāng bō cháng

optical wavelength

光源
guāng yuán

light source

光溜
guāng liū

smooth; slippery

光漆
guāng qī

enamel

光洁
guāng jié

bright and clean

光润
guāng rùn

glossy

光泽县
guāng zé xiàn

Guangze county in Nanping 南平[nán píng] Fujian

光照
guāng zhào

illumination

光照度
guāng zhào dù

illuminance (physics)

光照治疗
guāng zhào zhì liáo

light therapy

光爆
guāng bào

explosion of light

光发送器
guāng fā sòng qì

optical transmitter

光盘驱动器
guāng pán qū dòng qì

CD or DVD drive

光磁
guāng cí

magneto-optical

光磁碟
guāng cí dié

magneto-optical disk

光磁碟机
guāng cí dié jī

magneto-optical drive

光禄勋
guāng lù xūn

Supervisor of Attendants in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiǔ qīng]

光禄大夫
guāng lù dài fu

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光秃秃
guāng tū tū
光笔
guāng bǐ

light pen

光绪
guāng xù

reign name of penultimate Qing emperor Guangxu or Guang-hsu (1875-1908)

光绪帝
guāng xù dì

Guangxu Emperor

光纤
guāng xiān

optical fiber

光纤分布数据接口
guāng xiān fēn bù shù jù jiē kǒu

FDDI

光纤分布式数据接口
guāng xiān fēn bù shì shù jù jiē kǒu

Fiber Distributed Data Interface

光纤分散式资料介面
guāng xiān fēn sàn shì zī liào jiè miàn

fiber distributed data interface

光纤接口
guāng xiān jiē kǒu

optical interface

光纤衰减
guāng xiān shuāi jiǎn

optical attenuation

光纤电缆
guāng xiān diàn lǎn

optical fiber

光耀
guāng yào

dazzling

光耀门楣
guāng yào mén méi

splendor shines on the family's door (idiom)

光耦合器
guāng ǒu hé qì

optocoupler (electronics)

光背地鸫
guāng bèi dì dōng

(bird species of China) plain-backed thrush (Zoothera mollissima)

光能
guāng néng

light energy (e.g. solar)

光能合成
guāng néng hé chéng

photosynthesis

光腚肿菊
guāng dìng zhǒng jú

(Internet slang) punning reference to 廣電總局|广电总局[guǎng diàn zǒng jú], the National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA)

光脚
guāng jiǎo

bare feet

光脚的不怕穿鞋的
guāng jiǎo de bù pà chuān xié de

lit. the barefooted people are not afraid of those who wear shoes (idiom)

光膀子
guāng bǎng zi

bare upper body

光艳
guāng yàn

bright and colorful; gorgeous

光华
guāng huá

brilliance

光着
guāng zhe

bare

光冲量
guāng chōng liàng

radiant exposure

光说不做
guāng shuō bù zuò

(idiom) to be all talk and no action; to preach what one does not practice

光说不练
guāng shuō bù liàn

all talk and no action (idiom)

光谱
guāng pǔ

spectrum

光谱仪
guāng pǔ yí

spectrometer

光谱分析
guāng pǔ fēn xī

spectral analysis

光谱图
guāng pǔ tú

spectrogram

光谱学
guāng pǔ xué

spectroscopy

光辐射
guāng fú shè

light radiation

光通量
guāng tōng liàng

luminous flux (physics)

光速
guāng sù

the speed of light

光遗传学
guāng yí chuán xué

optogenetics

光量
guāng liàng

quantity of light

光阴
guāng yīn

time available

光阴似箭
guāng yīn sì jiàn

time flies like an arrow (idiom); How time flies!

光阴荏苒
guāng yīn rěn rǎn

How time flies! (idiom)

光隔离器
guāng gé lí qì

opto-isolator (electronics)

光电
guāng diàn

photoelectric

光电二极管
guāng diàn èr jí guǎn

photodiode

光电子
guāng diàn zǐ

photoelectron

光电效应
guāng diàn xiào yìng

photoelectric effect

光面内质网
guāng miàn nèi zhì wǎng

smooth endoplasmic reticulum

光头
guāng tóu

shaven head

光头强
guāng tóu qiáng

Logger Vick (Boonie Bears character)

光头党
guāng tóu dǎng

skinheads

光风霁月
guāng fēng jì yuè

lit. light breeze and clear moon (idiom)

光驱
guāng qū

CD or DVD Drive

光鲜
guāng xiān

bright and neat

光卤石
guāng lǔ shí

carnallite (hydrated potassium magnesium chloride mineral)

光面
guāng miàn

plain noodles in broth

八月之光
bā yuè zhī guāng

Light in August (novel by William Faulkner 威廉·福克納|威廉·福克纳[wēi lián · fú kè nà])

凶光
xiōng guāng

ominous glint

刀光血影
dāo guāng xuè yǐng

massacre

分光
fēn guāng

diffraction (of light)

分光光度法
fēn guāng guāng dù fǎ

spectrophotometry

剃光头
tì guāng tóu

to shave the whole head clean

刘光第
liú guāng dì

Liu Guangdi (1859-1898), one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子[wù xū liù jūn zi] of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898

化学激光器
huà xué jī guāng qì

chemical laser

北极光
běi jí guāng

northern lights

南极光
nán jí guāng

southern lights

反光
fǎn guāng

to reflect light