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荧 (yíng) — shimmer, glimmer (of light); fluorescence (in compounds like 荧光)

Definition

荧 (yíng) is a bound form used almost only in modern scientific compounds — 荧光 (fluorescence/fluorescent light), 荧光屏 (screen), 荧幕 (display). Standalone literary sense 'shimmer, glimmer' is rare.

bound form
shimmerglimmer (of light)fluorescence (in compounds like 荧光)

Examples

  • 。
    Zhè ge shí yàn shì shǐ yòng le yíng guāng dēng.
    This lab uses fluorescent lights.
  • 。
    Yī shēng yòng yíng guāng jiǎn chá bìng rén de yǎn jing.
    Doctors use fluorescent light to examine patients' eyes.
  • 。
    Diàn shì yíng píng shàng xiǎn shì zhe jīn tiān de xīn wén.
    The TV screen is displaying today's news.

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