灯笼 - Lantern - Simplified Chinese word mnemonic

Come learn 3000+ Chinese characters with HanziHero!

HSK

lantern

[t]

灯

lamp

笼

cage

deng1long5 • dēnglong

deng1long2 • dēnglóng

lantern

lamp

A 灯笼 lantern is a 灯 lamp that is inside a protective 笼 cage. Although it is not literally a 笼 cage, so we say that part [5] quietly.

我们在门口挂上灯笼。

We hung lanterns at the entrance.

红色的灯笼很漂亮。

The red lanterns are beautiful.

《大红灯笼高高挂》是一部很棒的电影。

Raise the Red Lantern is an amazing movie.