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红灯 (hóng dēng): Red light (noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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红灯 consists of 2 characters.

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Pinyinhóng dēng

Meaningred light

Characters2

HSK—

Syntaxnoun

Word红灯

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Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 红灯.

Words with 红

红色hóng sèHSK 2
红茶hóng cháHSK 2
红绿灯hóng-lǜ dēngHSK 3
红包hóng bāoHSK 4
西红柿xī hóng shìHSK 4
分红fēn hóngHSK 6
朱红zhū hóngHSK 7-9
眼红yǎn hóngHSK 7-9

Words with 灯

红绿灯hóng-lǜ dēngHSK 3
台灯tái dēngHSK 5
灯光dēng guāngHSK 5
灯笼dēng lóngHSK 6
灯泡dēng pàoHSK 7-9
张灯结彩zhāng dēng jié cǎiHSK 7-9
桅灯wéidēng
电灯diàn dēng

3.

Example Sentences with 红灯

sī司

jī机

yīn因

chuǎng闯

hóng红

dēng灯

bèi被

fá罚

kuǎn款

。

The driver was fined for running a red light.

hóng红

dēng灯

shì是

tíng停

chē车

de的

xìn信

hào号

。

kāi开

chē车

shí时

，

yù遇

dào到

hóng红

dēng灯

yào要

tí

hóng红

dēng灯

jǐng警

shì示

wǒ我

men们

tíng停

chē车

。

guò过

mǎ马

lù路

shí时

，

qiè切

jì忌

chuǎng闯

hóng红

dēng

yí仪

biǎo表

pán盘

shàng上

de的

hóng红

dēng灯

tū突

rán然

The red light is a signal to stop.

提

qián前

shā刹

chē车

。

When driving, you should brake in advance when encountering a red light.

The red light warns us to stop.

灯

。

When crossing the road, you must avoid running a red light.

shǎn

闪

shuò烁

，

zhè这

xiǎn显

shì示

nǎ哪

gè个

xì系

tǒng统

chū出

gù故

zhàng障

le了

？

The red light on the dashboard suddenly flashed; which system does this indicate has malfunctioned?