不光
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)
不光 (bùguāng) · not only
不光 (bùguāng) means “not only”. It is written with 2 characters: 不 (not) + 光 (light). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 不光 is built
The characters
不 bù · not
What 不 is made of
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: A bird flying toward the sky 一 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
光 guāng · light
What 光 is made of
- ⺌ — structural part
- 兀wù — weak
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 儿ér — child
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乚 — hook stroke
Origin hint: A person 儿 carrying a torch 火 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
不光是我，大家都喜欢他。Bùguāng shì wǒ, dàjiā dōu xǐhuan tā.Not only me, everyone likes him.
他不光会唱歌，还会跳舞。Tā bùguāng huì chàng gē, hái huì tiàowǔ.He can not only sing but also dance.
Questions about 不光
What does 不光 mean?
不光 (bùguāng) means “not only”.
How do you pronounce 不光?
不光 is pronounced bùguāng.
Which HSK level is 不光?
不光 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021).
Related words
- 不大bùdànot very
- 不对bùduìwrong
- 不客气bùkèqiyou are welcome
- 不用bùyòngno need
- 对不起duìbuqǐsorry
- 是不是shìbushìis it or not
- 不错bùcuònot bad
- 不但bùdànnot only (... but also ...)
- 不够bùgòunot enough
- 不过bùguòbut
Learn 不光 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 63: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.