光华

光華
guānghuá
noun #37,975

Meanings

  1. 1 brilliance
  2. 2 splendor
  3. 3 radiance
  4. 4 magnificence

Examples

Zhè kē zuànshí shǎnyào zhe cuǐcàn de guānghuá.
This diamond gleams with dazzling brilliance.
Tā bìyè yú Běidà Guānghuá Guǎnlǐ Xuéyuàn.
He graduated from Peking University's Guanghua School of Management.

Tips

culture
The most famous modern use of 光华 is 北京大学光华管理学院 (Peking University Guanghua School of Management), founded in 1994 and named after 光华教育基金会, the donor. Along with Tsinghua SEM, Guanghua is China's most prestigious business school. The name plays on the Confucian idea 月光 (the brilliance of sun and moon, from 《尚书·》).
register
Literary and formal. Everyday speech prefers 光芒 (light/rays) for physical brilliance or 风采 (grace/charisma) for personal charm. 光华 survives mostly in institution names, poetry, and fixed expressions.

Stroke Order

guāng
huá