# 沾光 (zhānguāng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 沾光 (zhānguāng) means “to benefit by association”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to benefit by association
- Pinyin: zhānguāng (zhan1 guang1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 我跟着你沾光，也打了折。
  Wǒ gēnzhe nǐ zhānguāng, yě dǎle zhé.
  Thanks to you, I got a discount too.

## Characters

- [沾](https://hanziro.com/word/zhan-get-stained-with/) (zhān): to get stained with; to touch
- [光](https://hanziro.com/word/guang-light/) (guāng): light; only, merely

https://hanziro.com/word/zhan-guang-benefit-by-association/

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