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灯泡 (dēng pào): Light bulb (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

HSK 3.0Level 7-9
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Character Breakdown

灯 • dēng • lamp • HSK 3.0 · L3
HSK 3.0 · L3
dēng灯

lamp

泡 • pào • to soak, bubble, or foam • HSK 3.0 · L6
HSK 3.0 · L6
pào泡

to soak, bubble, or foam

Word Info

Pinyindēng pào
Meaninglight bulb
Characters2
SyntaxNoun
4.

How to Use 灯泡 in Sentences

Noun + Nounwith电
diàn电
dēng灯
pào泡
neutral
electric light bulb
Subject + Verbwith坏
dēng灯
pào泡
huài坏
le了
Measure Word + Nounwith个
yī一
gè个
dēng灯
pào泡
Adjective + Nounwith节能
jié节
néng能
dēng灯
pào泡
Verb + Objectwith换
huàn换
dēng灯
pào泡
neutral
5.

Example Sentences with 灯泡

zhè这
ge个
dēng灯
pào泡
liàng亮
le了
neutral
Spoken
the light bulb is broken
neutral
a light bulb
neutral
energy-saving light bulb
change a light bulb
。
This light bulb is on.
kè客
tīng厅
de的
dēng灯
pào泡
huài坏
le了
,
xū需
yào要
huàn换
yí一
gè个
xīn新
de的
。
The light bulb in the living room is broken and needs to be replaced with a new one.
zhè这
ge个
jié节
néng能
dēng灯
pào泡
de的
liàng亮
dù度
zú足
yǐ以
zhào照
liàng亮
zhěng整
gè个
kè客
tīng厅
。
The brightness of this energy-saving light bulb is sufficient to illuminate the entire living room.
wǒ我
xū需
yào要
huàn换
yí一
gè个
xīn新
de的
dēng灯
pào泡
。
I need to replace the light bulb with a new one.
yóu由
yú于
diàn电
yā压
bù不
wěn稳
,
xīn新
huàn换
de的
dēng灯
pào泡
hěn很
kuài快
jiù就
shāo烧
huài坏
le了
。
Due to unstable voltage, the newly replaced light bulb burned out quickly.

Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 灯泡.

Words with 灯
  • 红绿灯hóng-lǜ dēngtraffic light; traffic signal
  • 台灯tái dēngdesk lamp
  • 灯光dēng guāng(stage) lighting
  • 灯笼dēng lónglantern
  • 张灯结彩zhāng dēng jié cǎidecorate with lanterns and colored banners / put up festive decorations
  • 关灯guān dēngto turn off the light
  • 吊灯diào dēngchandelier; hanging lamp
  • 尾灯wěi dēngtaillight
Words with 泡
  • 泡沫pào mòfoam; froth
  • 浸泡jìn pàosoak; bath; immerse
  • 气泡qì pàoAir bubble / gas bubble
  • 冒泡mào pàoto bubble; to surface briefly (online)
奶泡
nǎi pào
milk foam
  • 水泡shuǐ pàoblister; bubble
  • 泡影pào yǐngbubble, illusion, vain hope
  • 泡汤pào tāngto fall through; to be ruined