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光斑

guāngbān
noun #67,592

Meanings

  1. 1 spot of light
  2. 2 bright spot
  3. 3 facula (astronomy)

Examples

HSK 7-9
阳光透过树叶在地上投下点点光斑。
Yángguāng tòuguò shùyè zài dìshàng tóu xià diǎndiǎn guāngbān.
Sunlight through the leaves cast scattered spots of light on the ground.
HSK 7-9
天文学家观测到了太阳表面的光斑。
Tiānwénxuéjiā guāncè dào le tàiyáng biǎomiàn de guāngbān.
Astronomers observed faculae on the sun's surface.

Tips

usage
Two registers: in everyday writing it's a poetic 'patch of light' (sunlight through leaves, reflections on water). In astronomy it's the technical term for 'facula', the bright regions on the sun's photosphere near sunspots.

Stroke Order

光 guāng
斑 bān