Chinese symbol for “lights”
灯火
dēng huǒ
Traditional: 燈火
lights
The closest CC-CEDICT match for lights is 灯火 (dēng huǒ), defined as: lights.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 灯火.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 灯光 (燈光) | dēng guāng | (stage) lighting; light |
| 灯笼 (燈籠) | dēng lóng | lantern |
| 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) |
| 火车 (火車) | huǒ chē | train; measure word: 列 (liè), 节 (jié), 班 (bān), 趟 (tàng) |
| 火箭 | huǒ jiàn | rocket; measure word: 枚 (méi) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “lights”.
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.