红
灯

Red light in Chinese: 红灯 (hóng dēng)

hóng dēng

red light

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

Definitions

  1. 1red light

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红
灯

Zhuyin

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ㄏㄨㄥˊ

hóng

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄥ/ engˊ/ second tone

ㄉㄥ

dēng

ㄉ/ dㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

红灯

Simplified

紅燈

Traditional

Example sentences

See 红灯 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 开车看到红灯必须停下来。

    kāi chē kàn dào hóng dēng bì xū tíng xià lái。

    When driving, you must stop at a red light.

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Related words

红

hóng

red

灯

dēng

lamp

红色

hóng sè

red (color)

红茶

hóng chá

black tea

红酒

hóng jiǔ

red wine

灯光

dēng guāng

(stage) lighting

电灯

diàn dēng

electric light

红包

hóng bāo

money wrapped in red as a gift

台灯

tái dēng

desk lamp

通红

tōng hóng

very red

灯笼

dēng lóng

lantern

灯泡

dēng pào

light bulb

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