HSK 5 · Verbs

光临 guānglín “(formal) to honour with one’s presence” in Chinese

Traditional 光臨

What 光临 means

  1. (formal) to honour with one’s presence
  2. to attend

How to say 光临

  • 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临lín2nd tone, rising

光临 in a sentence

  1. 感谢您的光临。

    Gǎnxiè nín de guānglín.

    Thank you for coming.

    Sentence #9484582 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 欢迎光临！

    Huānyíng guānglín!

    Welcome!

    Sentence #348102 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 光临 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 临 (lín) drawn as one shape
临línto face

临 is a single shape of 9 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 光临

光 6 strokes · 临 9 strokes

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

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

Words related to 光临

Words with 光

光guāng · light阳光yángguāng · sunshine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风光fēngguāng · scenery

Words with 临

面临miànlín · to face临时línshí · temporary临床línchuáng · clinical濒临bīnlín · to be on the verge of降临jiànglín · to arrive

More words: Thinking & Talking

沟通gōutōng · to communicate观察guānchá · to observe观点guāndiǎn · point of view观念guānniàn · notion归纳guīnà · to sum up喊hǎn · to yell忽视hūshì · to neglect胡说húshuō · to talk nonsense

FAQs

光临 (guānglín) means “(formal) to honour with one’s presence” or “to attend”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it guānglín: guāng with a 1st tone, then lín with a 2nd 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, 光临 is written 光臨. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guanglin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 光临 from the suggestions. Typing guanglin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
光临 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.