绿
灯

Green light (traffic signal) in Chinese: 绿灯 (lǜ dēng)

lǜ dēng

green light (traffic signal)

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

Definitions

  1. 1green light (traffic signal)
  2. 2(fig.) permission to proceed

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绿
灯

Zhuyin

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ㄌㄩˋ

lǜ

ㄌ/ lㄩ/ üˋ/ fourth tone

ㄉㄥ

dēng

ㄉ/ dㄥ/ eng—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

绿灯

Simplified

綠燈

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 绿灯亮了，我们可以过马路了。

    lǜ dēng liàng le， wǒ men kě yǐ guò mǎ lù le。

    The green light is on; we can cross the road now.

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Related words

灯

dēng

lamp

绿

lǜ

green

绿色

lǜ sè

green

绿茶

lǜ chá

green tea

灯光

dēng guāng

(stage) lighting

电灯

diàn dēng

electric light

绿化

lǜ huà

to make green with plants

台灯

tái dēng

desk lamp

碧绿

bì lǜ

dark green

翠绿

cuì lǜ

greenish-blue

灯笼

dēng lóng

lantern

灯泡

dēng pào

light bulb

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