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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)
管灯
guǎndēng
fluorescent light
灯心
dēngxīn
lampwick
灯台
dēngtái
lampstand
筒灯
tǒngdēng
fluorescent tube or light
电灯
diàndēng
electric light
顶灯
dǐngdēng
top light (on mast, dome etc)
灯节
dēngjié
the Lantern Festival (15th of first month of lunar calendar)
灯罩
dēngzhào
cover of lamp
灯蛾
dēngé
moth
矿灯
kuàngdēng
miner's lamp
绿灯
lǚdēng
green light
开灯
kāidēng
to turn on the light
龙灯
lóngdēng
dragon lantern
灯会
dēnghuì
carnival during the Lantern Festival, with lantern displays and traditional folk performances such as stilt walking and lion dance
灯火
dēnghuǒ
lights
灯管
dēngguǎn
fluorescent light
灯盏
dēngzhǎn
lantern
灯丝
dēngsī
filament (in a lightbulb)
灯草
dēngcǎo
the spongy, white pulp inside the stem of rush plants, used as a wick for oil lamps
灯号
dēnghào
flashing light
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