HSK 6 · Body

目光 mùguāng “gaze” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 目光 means

  1. gaze
  2. look
  3. vision
  4. (fig.) attention
  5. expression in one’s eyes
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • (lit. and fig.) sight

How to say 目光

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale目mù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale光guāng1st tone, high and level

目光 in a sentence

  1. 他们目光相接。

    Tāmen mùguāng xiāngjiē.

    Their eyes met.

    Sentence #6109301 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 你穿那条裙子，一定会惹来许多人的目光。

    Nǐ chuān nà tiáo qúnzi, yídìng huì rělái xǔduō rén de mùguāng.

    You’re going to turn a lot of heads in that dress.

    Sentence #550897 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 背后感受到她的目光。

    Bèihòu gǎnshòu dào tā de mùguāng.

    I felt her gaze on my back.

    Sentence #13155816 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 目光 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 目 (mù) with each of its parts in a different colour
目mùeye
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 二two · èr

Memory aidDrawn from an eye, turned upright: eye.

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

How to write 目光

目 5 strokes · 光 6 strokes

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

Words related to 目光

Words with 目

节目jiémù · programme目的mùdì · purpose目前mùqián · at the present time目录mùlù · catalogue题目tímù · subject项目xiàngmù · item目标mùbiāo · target目睹mùdǔ · to witness盲目mángmù · blind科目kēmù · (school) subject

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曝光bàoguāng · to expose (to the public)观光guānguāng · to go sightseeing风光fēngguāng · scenery

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慢性mànxìng · chronic (illness)麻醉mázuì · anaesthesia免疫miǎnyì · immunity膜mó · membrane呕吐ǒutù · to vomit疲惫píbèi · exhausted屁股pìgu · bottom疲倦píjuàn · tired

FAQs

目光 (mùguāng) means “gaze” or “look”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it mùguāng: mù with a 4th tone, then guāng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 目光 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type muguang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 目光 from the suggestions. Typing muguang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
目光 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.