"lamp" Chinese-English Dictionary
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 灯 燈 | lamp / light / lantern / CL:盞|盏[zhan3] | syn | |
| 泵灯 泵燈 | lamp / turn signal |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 灯头 燈頭 | electric light socket / burner (component of a kerosene lamp) / light (as a countable item, e.g. number of lights fitted in a house) | ||
| 路灯 路燈 | street lamp / street light | ||
| 霓虹灯 霓虹燈 | neon lamp (loanword) | ||
| 台灯 檯燈 | desk lamp / table lamp | syn | |
| 熄火 | (of fire, lamp etc) to go out / to put out (fire) / (fig.) to die down / (of a vehicle) to stall | ||
| 油灯 油燈 | oil lamp | syn | |
| 节能灯 節能燈 | compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) | ||
| 吊灯 吊燈 | hanging lamp | ||
| 荧光灯 熒光燈 | fluorescent lamp / neon lamp | syn | |
| 灯罩 燈罩 | cover of lamp / lampshade / glass cover of oil lamp | syn | |
| 挑灯 挑燈 | to light a lamp / to raise a lantern | ||
| 壁灯 壁燈 | wall lamp / bracket light / CL:盞|盏[zhan3] | ||
| 吸顶灯 吸頂燈 | flush-mounted ceiling lamp (loanword) | ||
| 灯盏 燈盞 | lantern / uncovered oil lamp | syn | |
| 掌灯 掌燈 | to hold a lamp / to light a lamp | syn | |
| 落地灯 落地燈 | floor lamp | ||
| 矿灯 礦燈 | miner's lamp / mining light | ||
| 提灯 提燈 | a portable lamp | ||
| 长明灯 長明燈 | altar lamp burning day and night | ||
| 酒精灯 酒精燈 | spirit lamp | ||
| 马灯 馬燈 | barn lantern / kerosene lamp | syn | |
| 水银灯 水銀燈 | mercury-vapor lamp | ||
| 汽灯 汽燈 | gas lamp | syn | |
| 桌灯 桌燈 | desk lamp | syn | |
| 熄 | to extinguish / to put out (fire) / to quench / to stop burning / to go out (of fire, lamp etc) / to come to an end / to wither away / to die out / Taiwan pr. [xi2] | syn | |
| 炷 | wick of an oil lamp / to burn (incense etc) / classifier for lit incense sticks | syn | |
| 釭 | hanging bowl for lamp or fish | ||
| 手术室照明灯 | operating theatre lamp / OT lamp | ||
| 安全灯 安全燈 | safety lamp / safelight | ||
| 岐路灯 岐路燈 | Lamp in the Side Street (c. 1777), novel by Qing dynasty writer Li Lüyuan 李綠園|李绿园[Li3 Lu:4 yuan2] | ||
| 弧光灯 弧光燈 | arc lamp | ||
| 李绿园 李綠園 | Li Lüyuan (1707-1790), Qing dynasty writer, author of novel Lamp in the Side Street 岐路燈|岐路灯[Qi2 lu4 Deng1] | ||
| 歧路灯 歧路燈 | Lamp in the Side Street, novel by Qing dynasty writer Li Lüyuan 李綠園|李绿园[Li3 Lu:4 yuan2] / also written 岐路燈|岐路灯[Qi2 lu4 Deng1] | ||
| 石英卤素灯 石英鹵素燈 | quartz halogen lamp | ||
| 紧凑型荧光灯 緊湊型熒光燈 | compact fluorescent light bulb / compact fluorescent lamp | ||
| 固态镇流灯 固態鎮流燈 | solid-state ballast lamp | ||
| 诊查灯 診查燈 | examination lamp | ||
| 吹灯拔蜡 吹燈拔蠟 | lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom) / fig. to die / to bite the dust / to be over and done with | ||
| 灯蕊 燈蕊 | lamp wick | ||
| 保险灯 保險燈 | kerosene lamp | syn | |
| 汞灯 汞燈 | mercury-vapor lamp | ||
| 灯下黑 燈下黑 | (lit.) it's dark right under the lamp / (fig.) people tend to overlook things right under their noses | ||
| 灯珠 燈珠 | LED lamp bead / small light bulb | ||
| 金卤灯 金鹵燈 | metal halide lamp | ||
| 点灯 點燈 | to light a lamp | syn |