HSK 6 · Ideas

光彩 guāngcǎi “glory” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 光彩 means

  1. glory
  2. splendour
  3. honourable
  4. luster
  5. splendor
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • radiance
  • brilliance

How to say 光彩

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale光guāng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale彩cǎi3rd tone, dipping

光彩 in a sentence

  1. 这件事做得不太光彩。

    Zhè jiàn shì zuò de bú tài guāngcǎi.

    That wasn’t a very honourable thing to do.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 考上好大学，父母也觉得很光彩。

    Kǎoshàng hǎo dàxué, fùmǔ yě juéde hěn guāngcǎi.

    Getting into a good university made the parents proud too.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 光彩 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 光 (guāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
光guānglight; ray
  • ⺌small form of 小 · xiǎo
  • 兀weak · wù
The character 彩 (cǎi) with each of its parts in a different colour
彩cǎicolour
  • 采to collect · cǎiSound part
  • 彡bristle · shānMeaning part

彡 hints at the meaning (bristle); 采 (cǎi) hints at the sound. Compare it with cǎi.

How to write 光彩

光 6 strokes · 彩 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

光彩 (guāngcǎi) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 光彩 (guāngcǎi). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 光彩

Words with 光

光guāng · light阳光yángguāng · sunshine光临guānglín · (formal) to honour with one’s presence光滑guānghuá · glossy光明guāngmíng · bright光盘guāngpán · compact disc (CD)时光shíguāng · time目光mùguāng · gaze曝光bàoguāng · to expose (to the public)观光guānguāng · to go sightseeing

Words with 彩

精彩jīngcǎi · wonderful色彩sècǎi · colour彩虹cǎihóng · rainbow彩票cǎipiào · lottery ticket剪彩jiǎncǎi · to cut the ribbon (at an opening ceremony)

More words: Ideas & Concepts

格局géjú · structure根源gēnyuán · root格式géshì · format功效gōngxiào · effect光辉guānghuī · radiance光荣guāngróng · glory惯例guànlì · convention规范guīfàn · standard

FAQs

光彩 (guāngcǎi) means “glory” or “splendour”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it guāngcǎi: guāng with a 1st tone, then cǎi with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 光彩 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guangcai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 光彩 from the suggestions. Typing guangcai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
光彩 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.