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路灯lù dēng
street light
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 路灯 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 路燈 | ||
| 路燈 | lùdēng | |
| 1. n. streetlight; streetlamp; road light | ||
| 無 路燈 路段 - section of road with no streetlights | ||
| 這zhà兒r 一.個 路燈 都 沒有，虧得de 我 雀qiǎo盲mang眼 不算 厲害hai，沒 摔 著着zhe 什麼-伍的。 - There wasn't a single streetlamp here. Thankfully my nightblindness isn't serious, so I didn't fall or anything., M-UIB | ||
| Components | ||
| 路 | lù | |
| 1. road; path; street | ||
| 修路 - to build a road | ||
| 2. pattern; arrangement; sequence | ||
| 思路 - train of thought | ||
| 紋路 - veined pattern | ||
| 3. way; method | ||
| 生路 - means of livelihood; way of subsistence | ||
| 4. journey | ||
| 回家 的 路 很 遠。 - It's a long journey to return home. | ||
| 佢 身體 好 虛，行 幾 步 路 都 會 暈。 - His body is very weak, walking only a few steps already makes him dizzy. | ||
| 還有 一 公里 的 路 要 走。 - | ||
| 5. route | ||
| 三 路 進軍 - to advance along three routes | ||
| 12 路 公交車 - No. 12 bus | ||
| 6. kind; type | ||
| 7. region | ||
| 各 路 人馬 - people from different places | ||
| 8. -year-old, in multiples of ten; decade(s) of one's life; (Used for describing the style of people in such age range.) | ||
| 三十-路 大叔 - a man in his thirties - | ||
| 七十-路 - [JAV featuring women in their seventies - | ||
| 9. (historical) circuit (an administrative unit during the Song and Yuan dynasties) | ||
| 灯 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 燈 | ||
| 燈 | dēng, dēn | |
| 1. lamp; light; lantern (for illumination) | ||
| 電燈 - electric light | ||
| 熄燈 - to turn off a light | ||
| 2. lamp (for heating) | ||
| 酒精燈 - alcohol burner | ||
| 3. (HKC, neologism) to jinx; to make incorrect predictions | ||
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Pronunciation
lù dēng
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