diàndēng

电灯

HSK 4Word · NounTraditional電燈

electric light

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

electric light; lamp

Historically often referred to incandescent bulbs (白炽灯), but in modern usage it broadly refers to any electrically-powered light source.

Tiān天
hēi黑
qǐng请
dǎ打
kāi开
diàn电
dēng灯
 。

Please turn on the electric light when it gets dark.

Zhè这
jiān间
wū屋
zi子
de的
diàn电
dēng灯
tài太
àn暗
le了
 。

The lights in this room are too dim.

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Ài爱
dí迪
shēng生
fā发
míng明
le了
diàn电
dēng灯
 。

Edison invented the electric light bulb.