HSK 6 · Ideas

光辉 guānghuī “radiance” in Chinese

Traditional 光輝

What 光辉 means

  1. radiance
  2. brilliance
  3. glorious
  4. glory
  5. brilliant
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • magnificent

How to say 光辉

  • 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 first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale辉huī1st tone, high and level

光辉 in a sentence

  1. 这个发现将会在历史上留下光辉的一页。

    Zhè ge fāxiàn jiāng huì zài lìshǐ shang liúxia guānghuī de yí yè.

    This discovery will be a glorious page in history.

    Sentence #461493 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 光辉 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 辉 (huī) with each of its parts in a different colour
辉huīradiance; brilliance; to shine
  • 光light · guāngMeaning part
  • 军army · jūnSound part

光 hints at the meaning (light); 军 (jūn) hints at the sound. Compare it with huī.

How to write 光辉

光 6 strokes · 辉 12 strokes

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

Words related to 光辉

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 辉

辉煌huīhuáng · brilliant

More words: Ideas & Concepts

根源gēnyuán · root格式géshì · format功效gōngxiào · effect光彩guāngcǎi · glory光荣guāngróng · glory惯例guànlì · convention规范guīfàn · standard规格guīgé · specifications

FAQs

光辉 (guānghuī) means “radiance” or “brilliance”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it guānghuī: guāng with a 1st tone, then huī with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 光辉 is written 光輝. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guanghui with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 光辉 from the suggestions. Typing guanghui into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
光辉 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.