灯 (燈) 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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- 灯草(燈草) the spongy, white pulp inside the stem of rush plants
- 只许州官放火，不许百姓点灯(只許州官放火，不許百姓點燈) only the official is allowed to light the fire; Gods may do what cattle may not
- 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
- 灯泡(燈泡) light bulb
- 灯心(燈心) lampwick
- 本生灯(本生燈) Bunsen burner
- 前大灯(前大燈) headlight
- 灯光(燈光) rays emitted from a source of light ; inglight
- 幻灯(幻燈) slide show; lantern slides
- 灯笼鱼(燈籠魚) lantern fish
- 泵灯(泵燈) lamp; turn signal
- 花灯(花燈) colored lantern
- 灯火(燈火) lights; a lamp
- 提灯(提燈) a portable lamp
- 灯盏(燈盞) lantern; uncovered oil lamp
- 桌灯(桌燈) desk lamp
- 灯柱(燈柱) lamppost
- 后灯(後燈) taillight
- 红灯(紅燈) red light
- 马灯(馬燈) barn lantern; kerosene lamp
- 开灯(開燈) to turn on the light
- 灯塔(燈塔) lighthouse
- 灯号(燈號) flashing light; indicator light
- 张灯挂彩(張燈掛彩) to hang up laterns and hang colored ribbons
- 冰灯(冰燈) ice lantern
- 射灯(射燈) spotlight
- 煤气灯(煤氣燈) a gas lamp
- 灯管(燈管) a fluorescent light
- 亮黄灯(亮黃燈) to flash the yellow light; to give a warning sign
- 华灯初上(華燈初上) early evening when lanterns are first lit
- 聚光灯(聚光燈) a spotlight
- 红灯区(紅燈區) red-light district
- 灯芯绒(燈芯絨) corduroy (textiles)
- 危险警告灯(危險警告燈) hazard lights
- 走马灯(走馬燈) lantern with carousel of paper horses
- 吊灯(吊燈) a hanging lamp; a chandelier
- 台灯(檯燈) desk lamp; table lamp
- 弧光灯(弧光燈) arc lamp
- 安全灯(安全燈) a safety lamp
- 南瓜灯(南瓜燈) jack-o'-lantern
- 灯笼花(燈籠花) Chinese enkianthus
- 荧光灯(熒光燈) fluorescent lamp; neon lamp
- 灯头(燈頭) electric light socket; burner (component of a kerosene lamp)
- 顶灯(頂燈) top light (on mast, dome etc); roof lamp
- 闯红灯(闖紅燈) to run a red light; failing to stop at a red traffic light; (slang) to have sex with a girl while she is menstruating
- 长明灯(長明燈) altar lamp burning day and night
- 华灯(華燈) light; decorated lantern
- 龙灯(龍燈) dragon lantern
- 信号灯(信號燈) signal light; car indicator
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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
- 第三十三回 Chapter 33 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 13
- 第七十一回 Chapter 71 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 13
- 第七十二回 Chapter 72 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 12
- 第二回 Chapter 45 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 12
- 第九十二回 Chapter 92 Journey to the West 西遊記 — 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
- 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
- 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
- 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