Chinese symbol for “lantern”
灯笼
dēng lóng
Traditional: 燈籠
lantern
The closest CC-CEDICT match for lantern is 灯笼 (dēng lóng), defined as: lantern.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “lantern”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 灯笼.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 灯光 (燈光) | dēng guāng | (stage) lighting; light |
| 灯塔 (燈塔) | dēng tǎ | lighthouse; measure word: 座 (zuò) |
| 红灯 (紅燈) | hóng dēng | red light |
| 路灯 (路燈) | lù dēng | street lamp; street light |
| 灯泡 (燈泡) | dēng pào | light bulb; see also 电灯泡 (diàn dēng pào) |
| 笼罩 (籠罩) | lǒng zhào | to envelop; to shroud |
| 笼子 (籠子) | lóng zi | cage; basket; container |
| 笼统 (籠統) | lǒng tǒng | general; broad |
See also: Japanese symbol for “lantern”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.