灯/燈 dēng — lamp, light

Meanings

1. 1

   lamp, light

   The lamp itself, not the light it gives. You 开灯 and 关灯 — turn a lamp on and off — using the same 开 and 关 that open and close a door.

   noun

Example sentences

• 房间里太黑了，开灯吧。/房間裡太黑了，開燈吧。Fángjiān (second tone, rising) li (neutral tone) tài (fourth tone, falling) hēi (first tone, high and level) le, (neutral tone) kāi (first tone, high and level) dēng (first tone, high and level) ba. (neutral tone)···

  It’s too dark in here — put the light on.

• 请把灯关上。/請把燈關上。Qǐng (third tone, dipping) bǎ (third tone, dipping) dēng (first tone, high and level) guānshàng. (first tone, high and level)···

  Please turn the light off.

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