HSK 6 · Nature

光芒 guāngmáng “rays of light” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 光芒 means

  1. rays of light
  2. radiance
  3. brilliant rays

How to say 光芒

  • 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芒máng2nd tone, rising

光芒 in a sentence

  1. 她的眼睛闪烁着喜悦的光芒。

    Tā de yǎnjing shǎnshuò zhe xǐyuè de guāngmáng.

    Her eyes sparkled with joy.

    Sentence #343925 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我在这个世界散发着自己的光芒。

    Wǒ zài zhè ge shìjiè sànfā zhe zìjǐ de guāngmáng.

    I shine my own light in the world.

    Sentence #13938568 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 加热器发出美丽的橙色光芒。

    Jiārèqì fāchū měilì de chéngsè guāngmáng.

    The heater gives off a beautiful orange glow.

    Sentence #13543149 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 光芒 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 芒 (máng) with each of its parts in a different colour
芒mángawn
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎoMeaning part
  • 亡death · wángSound part

艹 hints at the meaning (grass); 亡 (wáng) hints at the sound. Compare it with máng.

How to write 光芒

光 6 strokes · 芒 6 strokes

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

Words related to 光芒

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

More words: Nature & Environment

干旱gānhàn · drought耕地gēngdì · arable land鸽子gēzi · pigeon灌溉guàngài · to irrigate洪水hóngshuǐ · flood花瓣huābàn · petal化肥huàféi · chemical fertiliser花蕾huālěi · flower bud

FAQs

光芒 (guāngmáng) means “rays of light” or “radiance”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it guāngmáng: guāng with a 1st tone, then máng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 光芒 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guangmang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 光芒 from the suggestions. Typing guangmang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
光芒 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.