背光

bèiguāng

verb #36,254

Meanings

1 to face away from the light
2 to be backlit / in shadow
3 (electronics) backlight

Characters

back / to turn one's back to

Examples

你站在那儿太背光了，照片拍不清楚。

Nǐ zhàn zài nàr tài bèiguāng le, zhàopiàn pāi bù qīngchu.

You're too backlit standing there — the photo won't come out clearly.

这款屏幕的背光非常均匀。

Zhè kuǎn píngmù de bèiguāng fēicháng jūnyún.

This screen's backlight is very even.

Tips

usage

Two senses: (1) verb/adjective — 'to have one's back to the light source', as a photographer's complaint or a description of a shaded spot (背光的房间 'a room facing away from the sun'); (2) noun — the LED/LCD 'backlight' panel behind a screen. Same logic in both: 背 bèi (back) + 光 guāng (light).

Stroke Order

背 bēi

光 guāng