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灯
燈
dēng
1.
lamp
2.
light
3.
lantern
4.
CL:[[盞|盏<zhǎn>]]
HSK 3
Very Common • Top 2%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
传灯
chuándēng
to pass on the light of Buddha
冰灯
bīngdēng
ice lantern
前灯
qiándēng
headlight
吊灯
diàodēng
chandelier
壁灯
bìdēng
wall lamp
大灯
dàdēng
headlight
射灯
shèdēng
spotlight
尾灯
wěidēng
tail light (on vehicle)
幻灯
huàndēng
lantern slides
后灯
hòudēng
taillight
挑灯
tiǎodēng
to light a lamp
掌灯
zhǎngdēng
to hold a lamp
提灯
tídēng
a portable lamp
桌灯
zhuōdēng
desk lamp
标灯
biāodēng
beacon light
台灯
táidēng
desk lamp
汽灯
qìdēng
gas lamp
油灯
yóudēng
oil lamp
泵灯
bèngdēng
lamp
熄灯
xīdēng
turn out the lights
Example Sentences (2)
中年人说：浪漫是即使晚上加班到零点，到家时，自己家里也还亮着灯；
Zhōngniánrén shuō: Làngmàn shì jíshǐ wǎnshang jiābān dào língdiǎn, dàojiā shí, zìjǐ jiālǐ yě hái liàngzhe dēng；
Middle-aged people say: Romance is that even if you work overtime at night until midnight, when you get home, the lights in your own home are still on;
Text 4
好，等一会儿你离开教室的时候，记得把灯关了。
Hǎo, děng yíhuìr nǐ líkāi jiàoshì de shíhou, jìde bǎ dēng guān le.
Okay, when you leave the classroom in a little while, remember to turn off the lights.
Text 1
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 3
- Character Frequency Rank
- 1,114
- Word Frequency Rank
- 1,359 of 84,292