Chinese symbol for “expose”
曝光
bào guāng
to expose (photography); (fig.) to expose (a scandal); (advertising) exposure; Taiwan pr. [pu4 guang1]
The closest CC-CEDICT match for expose is 曝光 (bào guāng), defined as: to expose (photography); (fig.) to expose (a scandal); (advertising) exposure; Taiwan pr. [pu4 guang1].
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “expose”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 揭露 | jiē lù | to expose; to unmask |
| 暴露 | bào lù | to expose; to reveal |
| 露出 | lù chū | to expose; to show |
| 揭发 (揭發) | jiē fā | to expose; to bring to light |
| 揭穿 | jiē chuān | to expose; to uncover |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 曝光.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 曝露 | pù lù | to expose (to the air, light etc); to leave uncovered |
| 曝晒 (曝曬) | pù shài | to expose to strong sunlight |
| 曝光表 | bào guāng biǎo | light meter; exposure meter |
| 一曝十寒 | yī pù shí hán | one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp; sporadic effort |
| 阳光 (陽光) | yáng guāng | sunshine; (of personality) upbeat; energetic |
| 时光 (時光) | shí guāng | time (esp. as sth that passes) |
| 光明 | guāng míng | light; radiance |
| 目光 | mù guāng | gaze; (fig.) attention; expression in one's eyes; look |
See also: Japanese symbol for “expose”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.