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燈

dēng

lantern, lamp

Strokes
16
Radical
火
HSK
—
Tone
1

Simplified form: 灯

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 灯, the simplified form of 燈. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 他开了灯。

    Tā kāi le dēng

    He turned on the lights.

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  • 我没有关灯。

    Wǒ méi yǒu guān dēng

    I didn't turn off the light.

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  • 我把灯关了。

    Wǒ bǎ dēng guān le

    I turned the lights out.

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  • 灯已关了。

    Dēng yǐ guān le

    The lights are out.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 灯

  • 灯dēng 1lamp; light; lantern
  • 灯光dēng guāng 1–1 (stage) lighting; light
  • 电灯diàn dēng 4–1 electric light
  • 灯笼dēng lóng 1–2 lantern
  • 台灯tái dēng 2–1 desk lamp; table lamp
  • 红灯hóng dēng 2–1 red light
  • 灯泡dēng pào 1–4 light bulb; see also 电灯泡; third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date (slang)
  • 路灯lù dēng 4–1 street lamp; street light
  • 绿灯lǜ dēng 4–1 green light (traffic signal); (fig.) permission to proceed
  • 张灯结彩zhāng dēng jié cǎi 1–1–2–3to be decorated with lanterns and colored banners (idiom)