照
明

Lighting in Chinese: 照明 (zhào míng)

zhào míng

lighting

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1lighting
  2. 2illumination
  3. 3to light up
  4. 4to illuminate

Stroke order

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照
明

Zhuyin

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ㄓㄠˋ

zhào

ㄓ/ zhㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

ㄇㄧㄥˊ

míng

ㄇ/ mㄧ/ iㄥ/ engˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 停电了，我们只能用蜡烛照明。

    tíng diàn le， wǒ men zhǐ néng yòng là zhú zhào míng。

    The power went out, so we could only use candles for lighting.

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Related words

照

zhào

variant of 照

明天

míng tiān

tomorrow

聪明

cōng ming

intelligent

护照

hù zhào

passport

明白

míng bai

clear

照顾

zhào gu

to take care of

照片

zhào piàn

photograph

按照

àn zhào

according to

说明

shuō míng

to explain

证明

zhèng míng

proof

表明

biǎo míng

to make clear

发明

fā míng

to invent

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