to touch briefly; to tap / to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list) / to order (food etc); to select / to mention; to bring up (a topic or person) / to hint at; to imply / to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops / to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite / to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down / point; dot; spot; speck / dot stroke in Chinese characters / (math.) decimal point / point in time or space / (after a number) o'clock / a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more / classifier for small amounts

a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘｜打伞 "to hold an umbrella", 打電話｜打电话 "to make a phone call", 打針｜打针 "to get an injection", 打手套 "to knit gloves", 打氣｜打气 "to inflate") / to hit; to strike / to fight / (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以後｜打那以后 "since then")

to close (a door) / to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc)

lamp / light / lantern / CL: 盞｜盏

light / easy / gentle / soft / reckless / unimportant / frivolous / small in number / unstressed / neutral / to disparage

bright; light / to shine; to flash / loud and clear / to show (one's passport etc); to make public (one's views etc)

light; ray (CL:道) / bright; shiny / only; merely / used up; finished / to leave (a part of the body) uncovered

to press / to push / to leave aside or shelve / to control / to restrain / to keep one's hand on / to check or refer to / according to / in the light of / (of an editor or author) to make a comment

to allow / to grant / in accordance with / in the light of

according to / in accordance with / in the light of / on the basis of

light / radiance / (fig.) bright (prospects etc) / openhearted

to bind / bunch / bundle / classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc / to control

(stage) lighting / light

(of trains etc) late / delayed / behind schedule / light dinner

electric light / CL: 盞｜盏

insipid / diluted / weak / mild / light in color / tasteless / indifferent / (variant of 氮) nitrogen

thin / cold in manner / indifferent / weak / light / infertile

shallow / light (color)

light / gentle / relaxed / effortless / uncomplicated / to relax / to take things less seriously

light ray / CL: 條｜条, 道 / light / illumination / lighting (for a photograph)

according to; in light of

to depend on / to comply with or listen to sb / according to / in the light of

to smear / to wipe / to erase / classifier for wisps of cloud, light-beams etc

slight / light / trivial / to a small extent

top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system) / see 榜眼 and 探花 / top scorer in college entrance examination 高考 / (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field / leading light

(idiom) to suddenly realize; to suddenly see the light

to emit light; to shine; to glow; to glisten; to be luminous

light refreshments / pastry / dim sum (in Cantonese cooking) / dessert

to reflect (light) / to shine / to project (an image onto a screen etc)

to throw (a projectile) / to cast (light)

lighting / illumination / to light up / to illuminate

ring of light; halo; (fig.) glory; splendor

young and tender / (of food) tender; lightly cooked / (of color) light / (of a person) inexperienced; unskilled

rays of light / brilliant rays / radiance

red light

the first light of dawn / (fig.) glimmer of hope after a dark period; a new beginning

light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored) / insipid / slack (sales)

light bulb / see also 電燈泡｜电灯泡 / third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date (slang) / CL: 個｜个

to ignite / to light a fire / to agitate / to start an engine / ignition / fig. to stir up trouble

street lamp / street light

to expose / to bring to light / to disclose / revelation

green light (traffic signal) / (fig.) permission to proceed

light (machinery, aircraft etc)

to light / to set off (firecrackers etc)

lit. as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom) / fig. the truth comes to light

to bask in the light / fig. to benefit from association with sb or sth / reflected glory

at dawn / at first light / first thing in the morning

fluorescence; fluorescent light

an extra strong type of Sichuan pepper, dark green when ripe but light brown after air drying

eye-opening ceremony for a religious idol (Buddhism) / to consecrate / to bless / transparent / translucent / haircut / shaving the head or face (humorous) / a method of decoration / first light (astronomy)

(literary) (of light, shadows) flickering; dancing

rotation of plane of polarization of light

(coll.) piece of light artillery such as a mortar / (fig.) person who speaks boldly and frankly / hot hatch (car) / (also used figuratively with various meanings in other contexts)

light energy (e.g. solar)

(loanword) ether (hypothetical medium that transmits light waves)

light water reactor (LWR)

to burn / to ignite / to light / fig. to spark off (hopes) / to start (debate) / to raise (hopes)

blaze / light

light rain / drizzle

vehicle light (headlight, turn indicator etc)

to be in a poor light / to do sth with one's back to the light / to stand in one's own light

print media / (old) paper taper used to light a cigarette etc

wall lamp / bracket light / CL: 盞｜盏

object of ridicule / laughingstock / to laugh over sth / to make light chat

light / beam of light / gleam of light / light reflected from an object

second bouillon, a light broth obtained by reboiling ingredients that were previously used to make a full-strength first bouillon 頭湯｜头汤

arc light

electric light / lightning / electro-optical

fluorescent light

light rail; transit system (underground, at street level or elevated); streetcar; metro (abbr. for 輕型軌道交通｜轻型轨道交通)

to shine on / to light up / to irradiate

to illuminate / to turn on the lights / to light (a blaze)

bright light

to light a lamp

to illuminate / to light up / lighting

light makeup

to ascend in light steps

bright light / to sparkle

light and shadow / sunlight and shade

light yellow color

levitation (of Daoist immortal) / to become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven / (in Daoism) to become immortal / to die / of winged insects, to emerge from the cocoon in adult form / eclosion

to install / to fit (e.g. a light bulb)

(light) silk / CL: 匹

to dissipate everywhere (of light, sound, gas etc)

light source

(literary) fair-skinned; of light complexion

colored light

light color

to be published (of art, literary works etc) / to come out / to take shape / to see the light of day

to reflect light

sun light / used in personal name

to light a fire for cooking

the speed of light

breeze / light wind

light-sensitive

light (weight) / frivolous / a philanderer / to scorn / disrespectful

to diffuse light

light of firefly / fairy light

polarized light

lightweight and portable / light and convenient