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"jack-o'-lantern" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
鬼火 guǐ huǒ will-o'-the-wisp / jack-o'-lantern syn
南瓜灯 南瓜燈 nán guā dēng jack-o'-lantern
Chinese Pinyin Translation
灯笼 燈籠 dēng lóng lantern 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 燈 dēng lamp / light / lantern / CL:盞|盏[zhan3] syn
幻灯 幻燈 huàn dēng lantern slides syn
杰克 傑克 jié kè Jack (name)
火龙 火龍 huǒ lóng a lantern or torchlight procession (resembling a fiery dragon) syn
叉车 叉車 chā chē forklift truck / pallet jack syn
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
汤圆 湯圓 tāng yuán boiled or deep-fried balls of glutinous rice flour, usually eaten during Lantern Festival syn
插孔 chā kǒng jack / socket
万事通 萬事通 wàn shì tōng jack-of-all-trades / know-it-all syn
花灯 花燈 huā dēng colored lantern (used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节)
千斤顶 千斤頂 qiān jīn dǐng jack (for lifting weight) 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
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
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)
万金油 萬金油 wàn jīn yóu Tiger Balm, an ointment applied topically to treat all manner of aches and pains / (fig.) (coll.) jack of all trades syn
华灯 華燈 huá dēng decorated lantern / lantern light
垫高 墊高 diàn gāo a support / to raise / to bolster / to jack up
灯盏 燈盞 dēng zhǎn lantern / uncovered oil lamp syn
冰灯 冰燈 bīng dēng ice lantern
灯节 燈節 dēng jié the Lantern Festival (15th of first month of lunar calendar) syn
社火 shè huǒ festival entertainment (lion dance, dragon lantern etc)
龙灯 龍燈 lóng dēng dragon lantern syn
马灯 馬燈 mǎ dēng barn lantern / kerosene lamp syn
博而不精 bó ér bù jīng extensive but not refined (idiom) / to know something about everything / jack-of-all-trades, master of none
变速箱千斤顶 變速箱千斤頂 transmission jack / gearbox jack
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
小起重机 小起重機 xiǎo qǐ zhòng jī jack
施仲宏 shī zhòng hóng Jack
苏泽光 蘇澤光 sū zé guāng Jack
史卓 shǐ zhuó Straw (name) / Jack Straw (1946-), UK Labour Party politician, foreign secretary 2001-2006
液压千斤顶 液壓千斤頂 yè yā qiān jīn dǐng hydraulic jack
螺旋千斤顶 螺旋千斤頂 luó xuán qiān jīn dǐng screw jack
开膛手杰克 開膛手傑克 kāi táng shǒu jié kè Jack the Ripper
齿条千斤顶 齒條千斤頂 chǐ tiáo qiān jīn dǐng rack and pinion jack
姬鹬 姬鷸 jī yù (bird species of China) jack snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
马云 馬雲 mǎ yún Ma Yun (1964-), aka Jack Ma, Chinese billionaire businessman, co-founder of Alibaba 阿里巴巴[A1 li3 ba1 ba1]
飞机草 fēi jī cǎo Siam weed / jack in the bush
杰克・伦敦 傑克・倫敦 jié kè · lún dūn Jack London (1876-1916), American writer
托盘车 托盤車 tuō pán chē pallet jack
杰克·伦敦 傑克·倫敦 jié kè · lún dūn Jack London (1876-1916), American writer
米字旗 mǐ zì qí Union Jack (flag of the United Kingdom)
元夜 yuán yè Lantern Festival / night of 15th of first lunar month / see also 元宵[yuan2 xiao1]
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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