The speed of light is much greater than that of sound.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
光速
the speed of light
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
the speed of light
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 光速 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 光速 appears in 5 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
It is because light travels faster than sound that some people look brilliant before sounding stupid.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 光速.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 光速.
Directly before
- 超光速1
Directly after
- 光速比3
- 光速不是1
- 光速旅行1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 光速
What does 光速 mean in Chinese?
光速 (guāngsù) means the speed of light.
How do you pronounce 光速?
光速 is pronounced guāngsù.
Is 光速 an HSK word?
光速 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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