光子

guāngzǐ

noun #23,470

Measure Word

一个光子 gè

Meanings

1 photon
2 quantum of light

Characters

particle; small unit; son

Examples

光子是光的基本粒子，没有静止质量。

Guāngzǐ shì guāng de jīběn lìzǐ, méiyǒu jìngzhǐ zhìliàng.

A photon is the fundamental particle of light and has no rest mass.

激光器能发射高能光子束。

Jīguāngqì néng fāshè gāonéng guāngzǐ shù.

A laser can emit a beam of high-energy photons.

Tips

memory

光 (light) + 子 (particle/small thing) — a tiny particle of light. The 子 suffix is the standard way to name elementary particles in Chinese: 电子 (electron), 质子 (proton), 中子 (neutron).

Stroke Order

光 guāng

子 zǐ