光光 (guāng guāng) — smooth and shiny; glossy; completely bare; empty; stripped
Definition
Bound reduplicated form used as an adjective complement after 得 (e.g. 脱得光光 'stripped bare', 钱花得光光 'spent to the last cent'). Carries the sense of 'completely' — entirely bare or empty, not just shiny.
bound form
smooth and shinyglossycompletely bareemptystripped
Examples
- 光光，。Tā bǎ tóu fa tì dé guāng guāng de, kàn qǐ lái hěn yǒu jīng shén.He shaved his head completely smooth, looking very energetic.
- 光光，。Zhè ge yuè de gōng zī huā dé guāng guāng de, yì fēn qián dōu méi shèng.This month's salary was spent entirely, not a single cent left.
- 光光，。Hái zi men tuō dé guāng guāng de, tiào jìn hé lǐ yóu yǒng.The children stripped completely naked and jumped into the river to swim.
Origin
Reduplicated word构词法gòucífǎ
重叠chóngdiéReduplication
A syllable said twice — for affection, for softness, or simply because that is how the word is said.
The same “光” meaning smooth or bare is intensified, giving glossy or completely empty.
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