光 guāng▶ cahaya; ringan

Stroke order

光 is written in 6 strokes.

• 光

Senses

1. bright; shiny
2. only; merely
3. used up; finished
4. to leave (a part of the body) uncovered

Example sentences

• 房间里的光很亮。Fángjiān lǐ de guāng hěn liàng.The light in the room is very bright.
• 太阳的光让人感觉温暖。Tàiyáng de guāng ràng rén gǎnjué wēnnuǎn.Sunlight makes people feel warm.

Related words

• 阳光Sinar matahari
• 光临kehadiran
• 光明cahaya; ringan
• 光滑halus; mulus
• 光盘CD
• 光彩Kecemerlangan

光 is pronounced guāng and means “cahaya; ringan”. It belongs to the HSK 4 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 光 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.