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灯

dēng

HSK 3 Character Traditional 燈 Measure word 盏

What 灯 means

1. lamp
2. light
3. lantern

Example sentences

• 熄灯。
  Xīdēng.
  Put out the light.
• 关灯。
  Turn off the light.
• 请关灯。
  Please turn off the light.
• 请开灯。
  Turn on the light, please.
• 灯亮着。
  The light is on.
• 灯泡发光。
  Dēngpào fāguāng.
  A light bulb gives light.

Words starting with 灯

• 灯笼dēng lónglantern
• 灯光dēng guāng(stage) lighting; light
• 灯火dēng huǒlights
• 灯泡dēng pàolight bulb; see also 电灯泡; third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date…
• 灯塔dēng tǎlighthouse
• 灯火通明dēng huǒ tōng míngbrightly lit
• 灯红酒绿dēng hóng jiǔ lǜlanterns red, wine green (idiom); feasting and pleasure-seeking…
• 灯谜dēng míriddles written on lanterns (e.g. for the Lantern Festival at the end of Chinese New Year)
• 灯罩dēng zhàocover of lamp; lampshade; glass cover of oil lamp
• 灯会dēng huìcarnival during the Lantern Festival, with lantern displays and traditional folk…
• 灯带dēng dàiLED strip light
• 灯心dēng xīnlampwick
• 灯条dēng tiáoLED strip light
• 灯管dēng guǎnfluorescent light
• 灯节dēng jiéthe Lantern Festival (15th of first month of lunar calendar)
• 灯丝dēng sīfilament (in a lightbulb)
• 灯台dēng táilampstand
• 灯草dēng cǎothe spongy, white pulp inside the stem of rush plants, used as a wick for oil lamps
• 灯号dēng hàoflashing light; indicator light
• 灯头dēng tóuelectric light socket; burner (component of a kerosene lamp)…
• 灯下黑dēng xià hēi(lit.) it's dark right under the lamp; (fig.) people tend to overlook things right under…
• 灯塔守dēng tǎ shǒulighthouse keeper
• 灯塔市Dēng tǎ ShìDengta, a county-level city in Liaoyang City 辽阳市
• 灯心草dēng xīn cǎorush (botany); Juncaceae

Words containing 灯

• 路灯lù dēngstreet lamp; street light
• 红灯hóng dēngred light
• 电灯diàn dēngelectric light
• 熄灯xī dēngturn out the lights; lights out
• 台灯tái dēngdesk lamp; table lamp
• 红绿灯hóng lǜ dēngtraffic light; traffic signal
• 霓虹灯ní hóng dēng(loanword) neon lights
• 绿灯lǜ dēnggreen light (traffic signal); (fig.) permission to proceed
• 开灯kāi dēngto turn on the light
• 闪光灯shǎn guāng dēngflash bulb (photography)
• 车灯chē dēngvehicle light (headlight, turn indicator etc)
• 油灯yóu dēngoil lamp
• 点灯diǎn dēngto light a lamp
• 街灯jiē dēngstreetlight
• 华灯huá dēngdecorated lantern; lantern light
• 红灯区hóng dēng qūred-light district
• 幻灯huàn dēnglantern slides
• 吊灯diào dēnghanging lamp
• 幻灯片huàn dēng piàn(computing) presentation slide; (photography) slide
• 日光灯rì guāng dēngfluorescent light
• 信号灯xìn hào dēngsignal light; car indicator
• 探照灯tàn zhào dēngsearchlight
• 万家灯火wàn jiā dēng huǒ(of a city etc) ablaze with lights
• 走马灯zǒu mǎ dēnglantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern…

Characters that look like 灯

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 约yuēto make an appointment; to invite; approximately
• 汀tīngsandbar; shoal; sandbank
• 朽xiǔrotten

Sounds the same

Read dēng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 登to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount
• 蹬to step on; to tread on; to put on; to wear (shoes, trousers etc); (slang) to dump (sb)
• 噔(onomatopoeia) thud; thump
• 豋ceremonial vessel
• 簦large umbrella for stalls; an ancient kind of bamboo or straw hat