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guāng = gu + ang1
light / ray / CL:道[dao4] / bright / only / merely / to use up
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How to pronounce 光

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= gu initial

Gu is for Gitta Giraffe.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ ang1 final

In front of the anglepod.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

光 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
xiǎo = xi + ao3
small / tiny / few / young
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= w + Ø4
cut off the feet / rising to a height / towering / bald
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Character component without intrinsic meaning
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Characters with 光 as component

huàng = hu + ang4
to sway / to shake / to wander about
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variant of 恍[huang3]
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huǎng = hu + ang3
disappointed / flurried / indistinct
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Words with 光

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light ray / CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4] / light / illumination / lighting (for a photograph)
to expose (photography) / (fig.) to expose (a scandal) / (advertising) exposure / Taiwan pr. [pu4 guang1]

Sentences with 光

光 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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guāng

light / ray / CL:道[dao4] / bright / only / merely / to use up

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