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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *點* | 點* | *點
to touch briefly; to tap / to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list) / to order (food etc); to select / to mention; to bring up (a topic or person) / to hint at; to imply / to administer (eye medicine etc) in drops / to light (a fire, a lamp etc); to ignite / to nod (one's head) in agreement; to beckon by moving (one's hand) up and down / point; dot; spot; speck / dot stroke in Chinese characters / (math.) decimal point / point in time or space / (after a number) o'clock / a small amount; a bit; (after a verb or adjective) a bit more / classifier for small amounts
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *燈* | 燈* | *燈
lamp / light / lantern / CL: 盞|盏
HSK 2
desk lamp / table lamp
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *盞* | 盞* | *盞
a small cup / classifier for lamps
HSK 7-9
(of fire, lamp etc) to go out / to put out (fire) / (fig.) to die down / (of a vehicle) to stall
HSK 7-9
street lamp / street light
HSK 7-9
to light a lamp
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *熄* | 熄* | *熄
to extinguish / to put out (fire) / to quench / to stop burning / to go out (of fire, lamp etc) / to come to an end / to wither away / to die out / Taiwan pr. [xi2]
wall lamp / bracket light / CL: 盞|盏
cover of lamp / lampshade / glass cover of oil lamp
hanging lamp
a portable lamp
floor lamp
miner's lamp / mining light
spirit lamp
to hold a lamp / to light a lamp
barn lantern / kerosene lamp
lantern / uncovered oil lamp
a fluorescent light; a fluorescent lamp
the spongy, white pulp inside the stem of rush plants, used as a wick for oil lamps
electric light socket / burner (component of a kerosene lamp) / light (as a countable item, e.g. number of lights fitted in a house)
to light a lamp / to raise a lantern
altar lamp burning day and night
safety lamp / safelight
oil lamp
mercury-vapor lamp
gas lamp
desk lamp
lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom) / fig. to die / to bite the dust / to be over and done with
kerosene lamp
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *炷* | 炷* | *炷
wick of an oil lamp / to burn (incense etc) / classifier for lit incense sticks
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *釭* | 釭* | *釭
hanging bowl for lamp or fish
LED lamp bead; small light bulb
compact fluorescent lamp (CFL)
lamp / turn signal
flush-mounted ceiling lamp (loanword)
arc lamp
Li Lüyuan (1707-1790), Qing dynasty writer, author of novel Lamp in the Side Street 岐路燈|岐路灯
Lamp in the Side Street, novel by Qing dynasty writer Li Lüyuan 李綠園|李绿园 / also written 岐路燈|岐路灯
mercury-vapor lamp
(lit.) it's dark right under the lamp / (fig.) people tend to overlook things right under their noses
lamp wick
quartz halogen lamp
metal halide lamp


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