HSK 5 · Adjectives

光滑 guānghuá “glossy” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 光滑 means

  1. glossy
  2. sleek
  3. smooth

How to say 光滑

  • 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 second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale滑huá2nd tone, rising

光滑 in a sentence

  1. 她的皮肤光滑。

    Tā de pífū guānghuá.

    Her skin is smooth.

    Sentence #892495 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 地球比台球更光滑。

    Dìqiú bǐ táiqiú gèng guānghuá.

    The Earth is smoother than a billiard ball.

    Sentence #5685934 from Tatoeba

  3. 在光滑的路上开车会导致车祸。

    Zài guānghuá de lùshang kāichē huì dǎozhì chēhuò.

    Driving on slippery roads can cause accidents.

    Sentence #816518 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 光滑 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 滑 (huá) with each of its parts in a different colour
滑huáto slip; to slide
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 骨bone · gǔSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 骨 (gǔ) hints at the sound. Compare it with huá.

How to write 光滑

光 6 strokes · 滑 12 strokes

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

Words related to 光滑

Words with 光

光guāng · light阳光yángguāng · sunshine光临guānglín · (formal) to honour with one’s presence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风光fēngguāng · scenery

Words with 滑

滑huá · slippery

More words: Adjectives

个别gèbié · individual根本gēnběn · (not) at all公平gōngpíng · fair乖guāi · (of a child) obedient光明guāngmíng · bright广大guǎngdà · (of an area) vast or extensive广泛guǎngfàn · extensive过分guòfèn · excessive

FAQs

光滑 (guānghuá) means “glossy” or “sleek”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it guānghuá: guāng with a 1st tone, then huá with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 光滑 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guanghua with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 光滑 from the suggestions. Typing guanghua into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
光滑 is an HSK 5 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.