灯 (燈)
dēng
Pinyin

Definition

灯 (燈)
 - 
dēng
  1. lamp
  2. light
  3. lantern
  4. CL:盞|盏[zhǎn]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

灯
dēng
  1. 1 lamp
  2. 2 light
  3. 3 lantern
  4. 4 classifier: 盏 zhǎn
灯光
dēng guāng
  1. 1 (stage) lighting
  2. 2 light
灯笼
dēng lóng
  1. 1 lantern
冰灯
bīng dēng
  1. 1 ice lantern
吊灯
diào dēng
  1. 1 hanging lamp

Idioms (4)

吹灯拔蜡
chuī dēng bá là
  1. 1 lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to die
  3. 3 to bite the dust
  4. 4 to be over and done with
张灯结彩
zhāng dēng jié cǎi
  1. 1 to be decorated with lanterns and colored banners (idiom)
挑灯夜战
tiǎo dēng yè zhàn
  1. 1 to raise a lantern and fight at night (idiom); fig. to work into the night
  2. 2 to burn the midnight oil
灯红酒绿
dēng hóng jiǔ lǜ
  1. 1 lanterns red, wine green (idiom); feasting and pleasure-seeking
  2. 2 debauched and corrupt environment

Sample Sentences

夜深了，但她房间的灯还亮着。
yè shēn le ，dàn tā fángjiān de dēng hái liàng zhe 。
Still : It’s late at night, but her room light is still on.
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我大呼小叫？我刚刚开车出门，先是路上打方向灯要右转，后方来车居然加速超前右转，差点就擦到我的车了！接着下车到便利店买点喝的，我才把冰箱门打开，旁边那小子竟然一伸手拿了我要的那罐茶就走！
wǒ dàhūxiǎojiào ？wǒ gānggāng kāichē chūmén ，xiān shì lùshang dǎ fāngxiàngdēng yào yòu zhuǎn ，hòufāng lái chē jūrán jiāsù chāoqián yòu zhuǎn ，chàdiǎn jiù cā dào wǒ de chē le ！jiē zhe xiàchē dào biànlìdiàn mǎi diǎnr hē de ，wǒ cái bǎ bīngxiāng mén dǎkāi ，pángbiān nà xiǎozi jìngrán yī shēnshǒu ná le wǒ yào de nà guàn chá jiù zǒu ！
I'm causing a scene? I was just driving from home, and I was signaling right, and a car came suddenly accelerated from behind and overtook me to turn right. He almost hit me! Then when I got out of the car to buy something to drink at a convenience store, I'd just opened the door to the fridge when a little hoodlum stretched out his arm from beside me to take the bottle of tea I wanted.
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张灯结彩庆新婚，一拜天地再高堂，宜室宜家满庭芳，从此白首享齐眉。
zhāngdēngjiécǎi qìng xīnhūn ，yī bài tiāndì zài gāotáng ，yíshìyíjiā mǎntíng fāng ，cóngcǐ báishǒu xiǎng qíméi 。
Here we see lanterns and coloured banners to celebrate the newlyweds. First kowtow to the heavens and the earth, then to your parents. We wish you a happy and satisfying life and that you may respect each other from now until you're old and grey.
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我也是！元宵节那一天，家家户户都闹元宵，赏月，吃汤圆，赏灯，猜灯谜，可有意思了！
wǒ yě shì ！yuánxiāojié nà yī tiān ，jiājiāhùhù dōu nàoyuánxiāo ，shǎng yuè ，chī tāngyuán ，shǎng dēng ，cāi dēngmí ，kě yǒu yìsi le ！
Me too! On Lantern Festival, as every family is busy celebrating the festival, gazing at the moon, eating tangyuan, admiring the lanterns and guessing the riddles on the lanterns. It's so fun.
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是啊，除了赏灯，猜灯谜，像贵州湖南还常常有舞龙舞狮，划旱船的表演，热闹极了！
shì a ，chúle shǎng dēng ，cāi dēngmí ，xiàng guìzhōu Húnán hái chángcháng yǒu wǔlóng wǔshī ，huàhànchuán de biǎoyǎn ，rènao jí le ！
Yeah. As well as admiring all the lanterns and guessing the riddles on the lanterns, places like Guizhou and Hunan also often have performances, such as dragon and lion dances, and the rowing of boats on dry land. It's really quite the lively spectacle!
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哈，我想到了，元宵节的时候那么热闹，大家都出来赏灯，写灯联，猜灯谜，有情的男女正可以趁这个机会出来约会呀！
hā ，wǒ xiǎngdào le ，yuánxiāojié de shíhou nàme rènao ，dàjiā dōu chūlái shǎng dēng ，xiě dēnglián ，cāi dēngmí ，yǒu de nánnǚ zhèng kěyǐ chèn zhè ge jīhuì chūlái yuēhuì ya ！
Ha. I know why! Around the time of Lantern Festival it is so bustling and everyone is admiring all the lanterns, writing lantern couplets and guessing the riddles on lanterns. So guys and girls in love could take the opportunity to meet!
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真聪明，说到灯谜，我这儿正好有个灯谜，你猜猜，怎么样？
zhēn cōngming ，shuōdào dēngmí ，wǒ zhèr zhènghǎo yǒu gè dēngmí ，nǐ cāi cai ，zěnmeyàng ？
You're so clever. Talking of lantern riddles, I have one right here. How about having a go at it?
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好呀，难不倒我，猜灯谜我最拿手了！
hǎo ya ，nánbùdào wǒ ，cāi dēngmí wǒ zuì náshǒu le ！
OK. You'll not easily get the better of me, I'm quite the expert at guessing riddles.
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猜对了！就是“胖”字，这么厉害！看来你一定常常在元宵灯会的时候拿到奖品！
cāi duì le ！jiùshì “pàng ”zì ，zhème lìhai ！kànlai nǐ yīdìng chángcháng zài yuánxiāodēnghuì de shíhou ná dào jiǎngpǐn ！
You got it right! It's the character "胖". You're really good at this! You must win a lot of prizes at the lantern displays on Lantern Festival!
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你看看，床的上方绝对不能用这种灯饰！最近是不是老是觉得老板看你不顺眼，男友对你的下巴挑剔，工作又不顺遂？
nǐ kàn kan ，chuáng de shàngfāng juéduì bù néng yòng zhèzhǒng dēngshì ！zuìjìn shìbushì lǎoshi juéde lǎobǎn kàn nǐ bù shùnyǎn ，nányǒu duì nǐ de xiàba tiāoti ，gōngzuò yòu bù shùnsuì ？
Look, you absolutely can't have this kind of light fixture above your bed! Have you been feeling recently that your boss has been displeased with you? And that your boyfriend is criticizing your chin and that your job is not going to plan?
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