燈
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dēng · lamp, lantern, light

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Shape and proportion

16Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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火Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 燈

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Example sentences

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Bú yào bǎ nǐ de dēng cáng zài dòu lì xià.不要把你的燈藏在斗笠下。

Hide not your light under a bushel.

Source: Tatoeba #793564 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ zhǐnéng kàn dào shǎn shuò de dēng guāng.我只能看到閃爍的燈光。

All I could see was the flickering lights.

Source: Tatoeba #13854224 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Bǎ dēng guān le hǎo bu hǎo, wén zǐ yào lái le.把燈關了好不好,蚊子要來了。

Turn off the light, please. The mosquitoes are coming.

Source: Tatoeba #12928835 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ shuì jué zhī qián bú yào wàng le xī dēng.你睡覺之前不要忘了熄燈。

Don't forget to put out the light before you go to bed.

Source: Tatoeba #779065 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā guān diào le tā de tái dēng.她關掉了她的檯燈。

She turned off her desk lamp.

Source: Tatoeba #10511251 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā mō hēi mō bú dào dēng de kāi guān.她摸黑摸不到燈的開關。

She groped for the light switch in the dark.

Source: Tatoeba #1020686 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 燈 in context

  1. Say dēng, then recall the core meaning: lamp, lantern, light.
  2. Write all 16 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 燈 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.