灯
泡

Light bulb in Chinese: 灯泡 (dēng pào)

dēng pào

light bulb

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 燈泡1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1light bulb
  2. 2see also 电灯泡
  3. 3third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date (slang)

Stroke order

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灯
泡

Zhuyin

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ㄉㄥ

dēng

ㄉ/ dㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

ㄆㄠˋ

pào

ㄆ/ pㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

灯泡

Simplified

燈泡

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 这个灯泡坏了，得换一个新的。

    zhè ge dēng pào huài le， dé huàn yí gè xīn de。

    This light bulb is broken; we need to replace it.

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Related words

灯

dēng

lamp

泡

pào

bubble

灯光

dēng guāng

(stage) lighting

电灯

diàn dēng

electric light

台灯

tái dēng

desk lamp

灯笼

dēng lóng

lantern

红灯

hóng dēng

red light

浸泡

jìn pào

to steep

路灯

lù dēng

street lamp

绿灯

lǜ dēng

green light (traffic signal)

泡沫

pào mò

foam

气泡

qì pào

bubble

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