Table lamp in Chinese (Mandarin): 台灯 (táidēng)

台灯
táidēng
table lamp
- Simplified
- 台灯
- Traditional
- 檯燈
- Pinyin
- táidēng
- Typed as
- taideng
Use it in a sentence
我打开台灯看书。
我打開檯燈看書。
I turn on the table lamp to read.
The characters in 台灯
台 / 檯
Table, stand.
5 strokes
灯 / 燈
Lamp, light. 火 (fire) is on the left.
6 strokes
台灯 is a lamp that stands on a table or desk. Any lamp or light is 灯 (dēng). Turn it on with 开 (kāi), off with 关 (guān).
More examples with 台灯
请关上台灯。
請關上檯燈。
Qǐng guān shang táidēng.
Please turn off the table lamp.
我的台灯是蓝色的。
我的檯燈是藍色的。
Wǒ de táidēng shì lánsè de.
My table lamp is blue.
How to write 台灯 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
台 5 strokes
灯 6 strokes
In Traditional characters:
檯 18 strokes
燈 16 strokes
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