Chinese word dictionary

灯谜

dēng mí · riddles written on lanterns (e.g. for the Lantern Festival at the end of Chinese New Year)

Word information

Simplified灯谜
Traditional燈謎
Pinyindēng mí
Part of speechDictionary
HSK 3.0Not listed
HSK 2.0Not listed

How to learn 灯谜

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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