HSK 6 · Ideas

眼光 yǎnguāng “vision” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 眼光 means

  1. vision
  2. insight
  3. eye (for something)
  4. gaze
  5. foresight
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • way of looking at things

How to say 眼光

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale眼yǎn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale光guāng1st tone, high and level

眼光 in a sentence

  1. 她看古董的眼光很好。

    Tā kàn gǔdǒng de yǎnguāng hěn hǎo.

    She has a good eye for antiques.

    Sentence #8739479 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 艺术家必须拥有敏锐的色彩眼光。

    Yìshùjiā bìxū yōngyǒu mǐnruì de sècǎi yǎnguāng.

    An artist must have a keen eye for colour.

    Sentence #13543148 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 他很有审美眼光。

    Tā hěn yǒu shěnměi yǎnguāng.

    He has a good eye for beauty.

    Sentence #433911 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 眼光 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 眼 (yǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
眼yǎneye 双)
  • 目eye · mùMeaning part
  • 艮stopping · gěnSound part

目 hints at the meaning (eye); 艮 (gěn) hints at the sound. Compare it with yǎn.

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 眼光

眼 11 strokes · 光 6 strokes

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

Words related to 眼光

Words with 眼

眼睛yǎnjing · eye眼镜yǎnjìng · glasses眼yǎn · eye眼色yǎnsè · meaningful look眼神yǎnshén · look in one’s eyes耀眼yàoyǎn · dazzling心眼儿xīnyǎnr · mind

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: Ideas & Concepts

雪上加霜xuěshàngjiāshuāng · one misfortune after another (lit. frost on top of snow)循环xúnhuán · cycle须知xūzhī · notice演变yǎnbiàn · to evolve要点yàodiǎn · main point要素yàosù · key element遗产yíchǎn · heritage一帆风顺yìfānfēngshùn · plain sailing

FAQs

眼光 (yǎnguāng) means “vision” or “insight”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yǎnguāng: yǎn with a 3rd 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. 眼光 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yanguang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 眼光 from the suggestions. Typing yanguang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
眼光 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.