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"barn lantern" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
马灯 馬燈 mǎ dēng barn lantern / kerosene lamp syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
谷仓 穀倉 gǔ cāng barn syn
鬼火 guǐ huǒ will-o'-the-wisp / jack-o'-lantern syn
灯笼 燈籠 dēng lóng lantern syn
火龙 火龍 huǒ lóng a lantern or torchlight procession (resembling a fiery dragon) syn
粮仓 糧倉 liáng cāng granary / barn / fig. bread basket (of fertile agricultural land) syn
灯会 燈會 dēng huì carnival during the Lantern Festival, with lantern displays and traditional folk performances such as stilt walking and lion dance
幻灯 幻燈 huàn dēng lantern slides syn
灯节 燈節 dēng jié the Lantern Festival (15th of first month of lunar calendar) syn
汤圆 湯圓 tāng yuán boiled or deep-fried balls of glutinous rice flour, usually eaten during Lantern Festival syn
花灯 花燈 huā dēng colored lantern (used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节)
走马灯 走馬燈 zǒu mǎ dēng lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节[Yuan2 xiao1 jie2] / (fig.) revolving door / musical chairs (metaphor for people being shuffled around into different jobs)
华灯 華燈 huá dēng decorated lantern / lantern light
元宵 yuán xiāo Lantern Festival / night of the 15th of the first lunar month / see also 元夜[yuan2 ye4] / sticky rice dumplings syn
元宵节 元宵節 yuán xiāo jié Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar syn
灯谜 燈謎 dēng mí riddles written on lanterns (e.g. for the Lantern Festival at the end of Chinese New Year)
挑灯 挑燈 tiǎo dēng to light a lamp / to raise a lantern
红灯记 紅燈記 hóng dēng jì The Legend of the Red Lantern
灯盏 燈盞 dēng zhǎn lantern / uncovered oil lamp syn
冰灯 冰燈 bīng dēng ice lantern
社火 shè huǒ festival entertainment (lion dance, dragon lantern etc)
龙灯 龍燈 lóng dēng dragon lantern syn
灯 燈 dēng lamp / light / lantern / CL:盞|盏[zhan3] syn
仓 倉 cāng barn / granary / storehouse / cabin / hold (in ship) syn
春灯谜 春燈謎 chūn dēng mí Spring lantern riddles (guessing game at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节, at the end of Spring festival 春節|春节)
跑马灯 跑馬燈 pǎo mǎ dēng lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节[Yuan2 xiao1 jie2] / chaser lights / self-scrolling horizontal text display, such as a news ticker
家燕 jiā yàn (bird species of China) barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) syn
廐 jiù variant of 廄|厩, stable / barn
廥 kuài barn / granary
豢圉 huàn yǔ pen for animals / animal barn or stable
仓鸮 倉鴞 cāng xiāo (bird species of China) barn owl (Tyto alba)
天安门开了 天安門開了 tiān ān mén kāi le pants fly is down / the barn door is open
东仓鸮 東倉鴞 dōng cāng xiāo (bird species of China) eastern barn owl (Tyto javanica)
元夜 yuán yè Lantern Festival / night of 15th of first lunar month / see also 元宵[yuan2 xiao1]
南瓜灯 南瓜燈 nán guā dēng jack-o'-lantern
挑灯夜战 挑燈夜戰 tiǎo dēng yè zhàn to raise a lantern and fight at night (idiom) / fig. to work into the night / to burn the midnight oil syn
灯笼鱼 燈籠魚 dēng lóng yú lantern fish
红姑娘 紅姑娘 hóng gū niang Chinese lantern plant / winter cherry / strawberry ground-cherry / Physalis alkekengi
酸浆 酸漿 suān jiāng Chinese lantern plant (Physalis alkekengi) / winter cherry / strawberry ground-cherry / creeping oxalis (Oxalis corniculata)
天灯 天燈 tiān dēng sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals)
大红灯笼高高挂 大紅燈籠高高掛 dà hóng dēng lóng gāo gāo guà Raise the Red Lantern (1991), movie by Zhang Yimou 張藝謀|张艺谋[Zhang1 Yi4 mou2]
孔明灯 孔明燈 kǒng míng dēng sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals)
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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