The Chinese word for light is
灯
dēng
Chinese Definition
| light | |
| 1. 名词. 光;光線;光亮U | |
| 2. 名词. 光源;燈;燈火C | |
| 3. 名词. 日光;日間U | |
| 4. 名词. 火花;點火物C | |
| 5. 名词. 窗;天窗C | |
| 6. 名词. 眼神S1U | |
| 7. 名词. (繪畫中的)明亮部分UC | |
| 8. 名词. 顯露,眾所周知U | |
| 9. 名词. (對事物的)見解,觀點S | |
| 10. 名词. 啟發U(+on) |
Translations for light and their definitions
| 浅色 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 淺色 |
| 光源 | |
| 1. n. light source (source of illumination) |
| 輕 | |
| 1. light (of low weight) | |
| (ant, zh, 重) | |
| 2. small; little; slight; minor; insignificant | |
| 3. lightweight; portable; convenient to carry or manoeuvre | |
| 4. rash; rattlebrained | |
| 5. easy; simple; relaxed | |
| 6. humble; meagre; inexpensive | |
| 7. gentle; light; soft | |
| 駕輕就熟 - a walk in the park; a piece of cake (literally, "to drive a light carriage on a familiar route") | |
| 8. Short for 輕工業, light industry | |
| 9. (obsolete, chemical element) (zh-alt-name, 氫, hydrogen) |
| 照明 | |
| 1. n. illumination; lighting | |
| 2. v. to illuminate; to light up |
| 光 | |
| 1. light; beam; ray | |
| 燈光 - lamplight | |
| 聚光燈 - spotlight | |
| 一 束 光 透過 門縫 射 進來。 - A beam of light shone through the door. | |
| 2. glory; pride | |
| 臺灣 之 光 - the pride of Taiwan; someone who has brought glory to Taiwan | |
| 3. bright | |
| 4. time | |
| 5. shiny; smooth | |
| 6. scenery; sight | |
| 7. to make bare; to be naked | |
| 光-著着zhe 腳 走路 - to walk barefoot | |
| 我 光-著着zhe 呢。 - I'm not decent. | |
| 8. only | |
| 別 光 吃 肉，吃 點 蔬菜 吧。 - Don't eat only meat. Eat some vegetables. | |
| 9. (Particle used after verbs to show exhaustion or completion); until none is left | |
| 賣 光 了 - completely sold out | |
| 我 已經 用光 了 所有 的 錢。 - I've already used up all of my money. | |
| 10. (Used in polite expressions.) | |
| 11. to color |
| 點火 | |
| 1. v. to light a fire; to ignite | |
| 2. v. (figurative) to incite a fight or a quarrel |
| 光亮 | |
| 1. adj. bright; well-lit | |
| 2. n. light |
| 点火 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 點火 |
| 燈 | |
| 1. lamp; light; lantern (for illumination) | |
| 電燈 - electric light | |
| 熄燈 - to turn off a light | |
| 2. lamp (for heating) | |
| 酒精燈 - alcohol burner | |
| 3. (HKC, neologism) to jinx; to make incorrect predictions |
| 轻 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 輕 |
| 點燃 | |
| 1. v. to ignite; to set on fire; to light; to kindle |
| 灯 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 燈 |
| 点燃 | |
| 1. Simplified form of 點燃 |
| 明亮 | |
| 1. adj. bright; well-lit | |
| 2. adj. shining; shiny | |
| 3. adj. understanding thoroughly; clear | |
| 4. adj. loud and clear |
| 光明 | |
| 1. n. light; illumination; brightness; brilliance | |
| 2. adj. bright; shining | |
| 3. adj. (figurative, of future etc.) promising; bright | |
| 前途 光明 - bright future | |
| 4. adj. (figurative) open-hearted; frank; straightforward |
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