Word information
Simplified灯泡
Traditional燈泡
Pinyindēngpào
Part of speech名
HSK 3.07-9
HSK 2.0Not listed
Chinese word dictionary
灯泡
dēngpào · light bulb; see also 電燈泡|电灯泡[dian4 deng1 pao4]; third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date (slang); CL:個|个[ge4]
Character breakdown
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How to learn 灯泡
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Related vocabulary
Words with the same characters
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灯dēng
lamp; light; lantern; CL:盞|盏[zhan3]
红绿灯hóng-lǜdēngtraffic light; traffic signal
灯光dēngguāng(stage) lighting; light
台灯táidēngdesk lamp; table lamp
灯笼dēnglonglantern
泡pàobubble; foam; blister; to soak; to steep; to infuse; to dawdle; to loiter; to pick up (a girl); to get off with (a sexual partner); classifier for occurrences of an action; classifier for number of infusions