电灯
HSK 4 (2021)
电灯 (diàndēng) · electric light
电灯 (diàndēng) means “electric light; lamp”. It is written with 2 characters: 电 (electricity) + 灯 (lamp). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 电灯 is built
The characters
电 diàn · electricity
What 电 is made of
- 曰yuē — to speak
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 乚 — hook stroke
Origin hint: Simplified form of 電; lightning 申 from a storm cloud 雨 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
灯 dēng · lamp
What 灯 is made of
- 火huǒ — fire
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 丶 — dot
- 人rén — person
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 丁dīng — male adult
Origin hint: 火 gives the meaning, 丁 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
请把电灯关上。Qǐng bǎ diàndēng guānshang.Please turn off the light.
电灯坏了，房间里很黑。Diàndēng huài le, fángjiān lǐ hěn hēi.The light is broken, and the room is very dark.
Questions about 电灯
What does 电灯 mean?
电灯 (diàndēng) means “electric light; lamp”.
How do you pronounce 电灯?
电灯 is pronounced diàndēng.
Which HSK level is 电灯?
电灯 is in HSK 4 (2021).
Related words
- 打电话dǎdiànhuàto make a phone call
- 电话diànhuàtelephone
- 电脑diànnǎocomputer
- 电视diànshìtelevision
- 电视机diànshìjītelevision set
- 电影diànyǐngfilm
- 电影院diànyǐngyuàncinema
- 电视剧diànshìjùTV series
- 电视台diànshìtáiTV station
- 电台diàntáiradio station
Learn 电灯 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 88: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.