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电灯

diàn dēng

2-character word Traditional 電燈 Measure word 盏

What 电灯 means

1. electric light

The characters in 电灯

• 电diànlightning; electricity; electric (bound form)
• 灯dēnglamp; light; lantern

Example sentences

• 爱迪生发明了电灯。
  àidíshēng fāmíng le diàndēng.
  Edison invented the electric lamp.
• 爱迪生发明了电灯炮。
  àidíshēng fāmíng le diàndēng bāo.
  Thomas Edison invented the light bulb.
• 好像我成电灯泡了。我该走了。
  Hǎoxiàng wǒ chéng diàndēngpào le. wǒ gāi zǒu le.
  Seems like I'm just playing gooseberry here. I should go.
• 一盏电灯不亮了，你帮我来看看好吗？
  Yī zhǎn diàndēng bù liàng le, nǐ bāng wǒ láikàn kànhǎo ma?
  One of the lights is not working. Do you think you could come take a look?

Words starting with 电灯

• 电灯泡diàn dēng pàolight bulb; (slang) unwanted third guest