HSK 3 · Common Objects

灯 dēng “lamp” in Chinese

Traditional 燈

What 灯 means

  1. lamp
  2. light
  3. lantern

Measure word 盏 zhǎn · 一盏灯 yì zhǎn dēng

How to say 灯

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale灯dēng1st tone, high and level

灯 in a sentence

  1. 把灯打开。我什么都看不见了。

    Bǎ dēng dǎkāi. Wǒ shénme dōu kàn bu jiàn le.

    Turn on the light. I can’t see anything.

    Sentence #794237 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你要我关灯吗？

    Nǐ yào wǒ guān dēng ma?

    Do you want me to turn off the light?

    Sentence #9974938 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 洗手间的灯坏掉了。

    Xǐshǒujiān de dēng huàidiào le.

    The light in the toilet isn’t working.

    Sentence #8831906 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 灯 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 灯 (dēng) with each of its parts in a different colour
灯dēnglamp
  • 火fire · huǒMeaning part
  • 丁part of the characterSound part

Memory aidFire 火 on the left: a flame, a lamp. 丁 (dīng) gives the sound.

How to write 灯

灯 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

灯 (dēng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 灯 (dēng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 灯

Words with 灯

红绿灯hónglǜdēng · traffic lights灯笼dēnglong · lantern

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FAQs

灯 (dēng) means “lamp” or “light”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it dēng: dēng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 灯 is written 燈. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 盏 (zhǎn). For example, one lamp is 一盏灯 (yì zhǎn dēng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type deng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 灯 from the suggestions. Typing deng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
灯 is an HSK 3 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.