燈 (dēng)
lamp; light
How 燈 is written
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 火 — fire
- Traditional
- 燈
- Simplified
- 灯
Common words using 燈
- 燈光 dēngguāng
- (stage) lighting; light
- 燈籠 dēnglóng
- lantern
- 冰燈 bīngdēng
- ice lantern
- 吊燈 diàodēng
- chandelier
- 壁燈 bìdēng
- wall lamp; bracket light; CL:盞|盏[zhan3]
- 射燈 shèdēng
- spotlight
- 張燈結彩 zhāngdēngjiécǎi
- be decorated with lanterns and colored banners
- 挑燈 tiǎodēng
- to light a lamp; to raise a lantern
- 檯燈 táidēng
- desk lamp; table lamp
- 熄燈 xīdēng
- turn out the lights; lights out
- 燈塔 dēngtǎ
- lighthouse; CL:座[zuo4]
- 燈泡 dēngpào
- light bulb; see also 電燈泡|电灯泡[dian4 deng1 pao4]; third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date (slang)
燈 in a sentence
天黑了，把燈打開吧。
Tiān hēi le, bǎ dēng dǎkāi ba.
“It's getting dark; turn on the light.”
How common is 燈?
燈 is the 1,113th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 90.8% of all running text.
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