光速 meaning in English

guāngsù

the speed of light; (fig.) extremely quickly

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Meaning of 光速

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

guāngsù
  1. the speed of light
  2. (fig.) extremely quickly

光速 in example sentences

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

光guāng速sù比bǐ音yīn速sù快kuài很hěn多duō。
Light is much faster than sound.
光guāng速sù比bǐ音yīn速sù快kuài,所suǒ以yǐ某mǒu些xiē人rén在zài开kāi口kǒu前qián,看kàn起qǐ来lái还hái挺tǐng聪cōng明míng的de。
It is because light travels faster than sound that some people look brilliant before sounding stupid.

Stroke order for each character

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光 guāng · light · 6 strokes

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速 sù · prompt · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 光速.

速度sùdùspeed; rate; velocity; (music) tempo
阳光yángguāngsunshine; (of personality) upbeat; energetic
快速kuàisùfast; high-speed; rapid
光明guāngmínglight; radiance
高速公路gāosù gōnglùexpressway; highway; freeway
高速gāosùhigh speed; expressway (abbr. for 高速公路[gao1 su4 gong1 lu4])
不光bùguāngnot the only one; not only
迅速xùnsùrapid; speedy
灯光dēngguāng(stage) lighting; light
光临guānglín(formal) to honor with one's presence; to attend
光盘guāngpáncompact disc (CD); DVD; CD-ROM
时光shíguāngtime (esp. as sth that passes)

Questions about 光速

What does 光速 mean?

光速 (guāngsù) means "the speed of light; (fig.) extremely quickly".

How do you write 光速?

光速 is made of 2 characters: 光 (6 strokes), 速 (10 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.