灯 (燈) dēng
dēng
noun
a lamp; a lantern
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
, Subdomain: Optics
Notes: For Example, 把灯亮当鬼火 'to take light from a lantern as fire from a demon' (CC-CEDICT '燈'; Guoyu '燈' n 1; Kroll 2015 '燈' 1, p. 80; Suyu. p. 14; Unihan '燈'; XHZD '灯', p. 137)
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- 标灯(標燈) beacon light; beacon
- 安全灯(安全燈) a safety lamp
- 车头灯(車頭燈) (vehicle) headlight
- 前照灯(前照燈) (vehicle) headlight
- 挂灯结彩(挂燈結彩) to hang up laterns and tie colored ribbons
- 前灯(前燈) headlight
- 黑灯瞎火(黑燈瞎火) pitch dark
- 电灯(電燈) electric light
- 大灯(大燈) headlight
- 投光灯(投光燈) floodlight
- 弧光灯(弧光燈) arc lamp
- 油灯(油燈) an oil lamp
- 管灯(管燈) fluorescent light
- 悬灯结彩(懸燈結彩) to hang up laterns and tie colored ribbons
- 泵灯(泵燈) lamp; turn signal
- 明灯(明燈) a bright lamp
- 灯火(燈火) lights; a lamp
- 亮黄灯(亮黃燈) to flash the yellow light; to give a warning sign
- 灯谜(燈謎) riddles written on lanterns
- 灯盏(燈盞) lantern; uncovered oil lamp
- 掌灯(掌燈) to hold a lamp; to light a lamp
- 取灯儿(取燈兒) match (for lighting fire)
- 顶灯(頂燈) top light (on mast, dome etc); roof lamp
- 孔明灯(孔明燈) sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals)
- 前信号灯(前信號燈) car front indicator
- 吸顶灯(吸頂燈) flush-mounted ceiling lamp
- 红灯(紅燈) red light
- 灯管(燈管) a fluorescent light
- 本生灯(本生燈) Bunsen burner
- 吹灯拔蜡(吹燈拔蠟) to blow out the lamp and put out the candle; to die; to bite the dust; to be over and done with
- 挑灯夜战(挑燈夜戰) to raise a lantern and fight at night; to work into the night; to burn the midnight oil
- 灯烛(燈燭) a lamp
- 挑灯拨火(挑燈撥火) to sow discord; to provoke
- 灯芯(燈芯) lampwick
- 挑灯(挑燈) to light a lamp; to raise a lantern
- 雾灯(霧燈) fog lights (of a motor vehicle)
- 荧光灯(熒光燈) fluorescent lamp; neon lamp
- 灯笼果(燈籠果) cape gooseberry; Peruvian ground-cherry; Physalis peruviana
- 幻灯机(幻燈機) slide projector; overhead projector
- 灯笼裤(燈籠褲) bloomers; plus fours; knickerbockers
- 吊灯(吊燈) a hanging lamp; a chandelier
- 占灯花(占燈花) to divine from a lamp
- 街灯(街燈) streetlight
- 省油的灯(省油的燈) sb who is easy to deal with
- 石英卤素灯(石英鹵素燈) quartz halogen lamp
- 灯草(燈草) the spongy, white pulp inside the stem of rush plants
- 冰灯(冰燈) ice lantern
- 灯柱(燈柱) lamppost
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- 第九十一回 Chapter 91 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 64
- 第六十六回 Chapter 66 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 21
- 卷一百十三 志第六十六 禮十六 Volume 113 Treatises 66: Rites 16 History of Song 宋史 — count: 18
- 第二十一回 Chapter 21 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 13
- 第七十一回 Chapter 71 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 13
- 第三十三回 Chapter 33 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 13
- 第七十二回 Chapter 72 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 12
- 第九十二回 Chapter 92 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 12
- 第二回 Chapter 45 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 12
- 第二回 Chapter 22 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 11
Collocations
- 观灯 (觀燈) 帝與皇后微行觀燈 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷七 本紀第七: 中宗 睿宗 Volume 7 Annals 7: Zhongzong, Ruizong — count: 38
- 燃灯 (燃燈) 水底燃燈燈滅 — Book of Northern Qi 北齊書, 卷三 補帝紀第三 文襄帝 Volume 3 Annals 3: Emperor Wenxiang — count: 8
- 司灯 (司燈) 司燈 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷36 列傳第1 后妃 Volume 36 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts — count: 7
- 香灯 (香燈) 可止設香燈 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷五十二 列傳第四十六 止足 Volume 52: The Self-Sufficient — count: 5
- 灯录 (燈錄) 天聖廣燈錄 — History of Song 宋史, 卷二百〇五 志第一百五十八 藝文四 Volume 205 Treatises 158: Arts and Literature 4 — count: 4
- 灯炷 (燈炷) 或作燈炷 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷五十四 列傳第四十八 諸夷 Volume 54: Various Barbarians — count: 4
- 灯山 (燈山) 台南設燈山 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百四十二 志第九十五 樂十七 Volume 142 Treatises 95: Music 17 — count: 3
- 灯油 (燈油) 燈油 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百〇二 志第五十五 禮五 Volume 102 Treatises 55: Rites 5 — count: 3
- 千灯 (千燈) 以然千燈 — History of the Southern Dynasties 南史, 卷七 梁本紀中第七 武帝下 Volume 7 :Liang Annals 2: Emperor Wu 2 — count: 3
- 典灯 (典燈) 典燈二人 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷四十四 志第二十四: 職官三 Volume 44 Treatises 24: Government Service 3 — count: 3