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电灯 (diàn dēng): Electric light (noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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电灯 consists of 2 characters.

electricity; electric

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 电灯.

Words with 电

电影diàn yǐngHSK 1
电脑diàn nǎoHSK 1
电视diàn shìHSK 1
打电话dǎ diàn huàHSK 1
电梯diàn tīHSK 3
电子邮件diàn zǐ yóu jiànHSK 3
充电器chōng diàn qìHSK 5
停电tíng diàn

Words with 灯

台灯tái dēng
灯光dēng guāng
灯泡dēng pào
灯笼dēng lóng
红灯hóng dēng
绿灯lǜ dēng
路灯lù dēng
红绿灯hóng-lǜ dēng

Example Sentences with 电灯

ài爱

dí迪

shēng生

fà发

míng明

le了

diàn电

dēng灯

pào泡

。

Edison invented the light bulb

ài爱

dí迪

shēng生

fà发

míng明

liǎo了

diàn电

dēng灯

，

wèi为

le了

jié节

yuē约

néng能

yuán源

，

xià下

bān班

hòu

gǎi

改

biàn变

le了

rén人

men们

de的

shēng生

huó活

。

Edison invented the electric light, which changed people's lives.

后

qǐng请

jì记

de得

xī熄

miè灭

suǒ所

yǒu有

diàn电

dēng灯

。

To save energy, please remember to turn off all the lights after work.