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光年 meaning in English

guāngnián

light-year

12 strokes

Meaning of 光年

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

guāngnián
  1. light-year

光年 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

星xīng体tǐ和hé星xīng体tǐ之zhī间jiān的de距jù离lí是shì用yòng光guāng年nián来lái量liáng度dù的de。
The distance between stars is measured in light years.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

光 guāng · light · 6 strokes

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年 nián · year · 6 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 光年.

今年jīnniánthis year
去年qùniánlast year
明年míngniánnext year
半年bàn niánhalf a year
新年xīnniánNew Year
年轻niánqīngyoung
少年shàoniánearly youth; youngster
青年qīngniányouth; youthful years
青少年qīng-shàoniánadolescent; youth
周年zhōuniánanniversary; annual
年级niánjígrade; year (in school, college etc)
中年zhōngniánmiddle age

Questions about 光年

What does 光年 mean?

光年 (guāngnián) means "light-year".

How do you write 光年?

光年 is made of 2 characters: 光 (6 strokes), 年 (6 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.