发光 meaning in English

fāguāng

to emit light; to shine; to glow; to glisten; to be luminous

HSK 7-9Traditional 發光11 strokes

Meaning of 发光

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

fāguāng
  1. to emit light; to shine; to glow; to glisten; to be luminous

发光 in example sentences

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

他tā双shuāng眼yǎn发fā光guāng地dì说shuō著zhù。
He talked with his eyes shining.
为wèi什shén么me月yuè亮liàng晚wǎn上shàng发fā光guāng?
Why does the moon shine at night?
月yuè亮liàng不bú会huì自zì己jǐ发fā光guāng。
The moon doesn't shine on its own.
早zǎo上shàng发fā光guāng的de人rén,下xià午wǔ不bù一yí定dìng发fā光guāng。
Not everyone who shines in the morning shines in the afternoon.
发fā光guāng的de未wèi必bì都dōu是shì金jīn子zi。
All that glitters is not gold.

Stroke order for each character

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

发 fā · to send out · 5 strokes

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  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

光 guāng · light · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

Related words

Words that share a character with 发光.

发现fāxiànto notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect
出发chūfāto set off; to start (on a journey); (fig.) to proceed from (a particular standpoint or ba
头发tóufahair (on the head)
发生fāshēngto happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 發生問題|发生问题[fa1 sheng1 wen4 ti2] "a probl
发展fāzhǎndevelopment; growth
发出fāchūto issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch; to produce (a sound); to let ou
阳光yángguāngsunshine; (of personality) upbeat; energetic
发明fāmíngto invent; an invention
沙发shāfā(loanword) sofa (CL:條|条[tiao2],張|张[zhang1]); (Internet slang) first reply to a forum post
发表fābiǎoto issue; to publish
发动fādòngto start; to launch
光明guāngmínglight; radiance

Questions about 发光

What does 发光 mean?

发光 (fāguāng) means "to emit light; to shine; to glow; to glisten; to be luminous".

How do you write 发光?

发光 is made of 2 characters: 发 (5 strokes), 光 (6 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.

Is 发光 an HSK word?

Yes. 发光 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 发光 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 发光 is written 發光.