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dēng

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dēng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dēng | deng1
English translation
lamp, lantern, light

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About dēng

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

dēng

Contains the radical

Huǒ

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

fire

Etymology of dēng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

火登

Semantic compound

Huǒ

Phonetic compound

dēng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Huǒ represents the meaning and Dīng represents the sound. Simplified form of dēng .

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Words with dēng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
dēng lamp dēng
灯光 dēng guāng light燈光
红灯 hóng dēng red light紅燈
灯泡 dēng pào light bulb燈泡
灯塔 dēng tǎ lighthouse燈塔
路灯 lù dēng street lamp路燈
绿灯 lǜ dēng green light綠燈
闪光灯 shǎn guāng dēng flash bulb (photography)閃光燈
灯笼 dēnglóng lantern燈籠
台灯 tái dēng desk lamp檯燈
熄灯 xī dēng lights out熄燈
红绿灯 hóng lǜ dēng traffic light紅綠燈
信号灯 xìn hào dēng signal light信號燈
聚光灯 jù guāng dēng spotlight聚光燈
电灯 diàn dēng electric light電燈
灯火 dēng huǒ lights燈火
吊灯 diào dēng hanging lamp吊燈
幻灯片 huàn dēng piàn filmstrip幻燈片
电灯泡 diàn dēng pào light bulb電燈泡
尾灯 wěi dēng tail light (on vehicle)尾燈
霓虹灯 ní hóng dēng neon lamp (loanword)霓虹燈
闯红灯 chuǎng hóng dēng to run a red light闖紅燈
花灯 huā dēng colored lantern (used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节 Yuánxiāojié )花燈

dēng Decomposition & Compounds

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