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燈

简灯 · 繁燈

Mandarin · pinyin dēng

lamp
light
lantern
Classifier: 盞 zhǎn

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燈: dēng · lantern, lamp
灯: dēng · lantern, lamp

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dang1

Cantonese word readings for 燈. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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lamp; light; lantern (for illumination) (Classifier: 盞／盏 m c h w; 眼 c; 支 mn mn-t)
lamp (for heating)
(Hong Kong Cantonese) traffic light (Classifier: 支 c)
(Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism) to jinx; to make incorrect predictions
(Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism) tending to jinx

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