灯
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lamp; light; lantern; CL:盞|盏[zhan3]
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 灯
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 车头灯 | (vehicle) headlight | |
| 黑灯下火 | pitch dark; also written 黑燈瞎火|黑灯瞎火[hei1 deng1 xia1 huo3] | |
| 红灯区 | red-light district | |
| 灯火通明 | brightly lit | |
| 本生灯 | Bunsen burner | |
| 前大灯 | headlight | |
| 长明灯 | altar lamp burning day and night | |
| 日光灯 | fluorescent light | |
| 灯下黑 | (lit.) it's dark right under the lamp; (fig.) people tend to overlook things right under t… | |
| 万家灯火 | (of a city etc) ablaze with lights | |
| 安全灯 | safety lamp; safelight | |
| 黑光灯 | a blacklight; an ultraviolet light | |
| 灯心草 | rush (botany); Juncaceae | |
| 交通灯 | traffic light | |
| 大灯 | headlight | |
| 后信号灯 | car rear indicator | |
| 灯头 | electric light socket; burner (component of a kerosene lamp); light (as a countable item, … | |
| 头灯 | headlight (of a vehicle); headlamp; head torch | |
| 灯心 | lampwick | |
| 天灯 | sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 丁 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丁 sound part | male adult; robust, vigorous; 4th heavenly stem | |
| 打 | to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike | |
| 宁 | calm, peaceful; healthy; rather; to prefer | |
| 顶 | top, summit, peak; to carry on the head | |
| 厅 | hall, central room | |
| 订 | to make an order; to draw up an agreement | |
| 汀 | bank, sandbar; beach, shore | |
| 叮 | to persistently exhort or urge; sting (as of an insect) | |
| 盯 | to rivet one's gaze upon; to keep eyes on | |
| 町 | a raised path between fields | |
| 仃 | lonely, solitary | |
| 酊 | drunk, intoxicated | |
| 疔 | boil, carbuncle, ulcer | |
| 玎 | jingling, tinkling | |
| 耵 | earwax |