| 燈 | [ dēng ] lamp, light, lantern, CL:盞|盏[zhan3] |
| 燈光 | [ dēng guāng ] (stage) lighting, light |
| 燈塔 | [ dēng tǎ ] lighthouse, CL:座[zuo4] |
| 燈塔市 | [ dēng tǎ shì ] Dengta county level city in Liaoyang 遼陽|辽阳[Liao2 yang2], Liaoning |
| 燈塔水母 | [ dēng tǎ shuǐ mǔ ] immortal jellyfish (Turritopsis dohrnii) |
| 燈心 | [ dēng xīn ] lampwick |
| 燈心草 | [ dēng xīn caǒ ] rush (botany), Juncaceae |
| 燈會 | [ dēng huì ] carnival during the Lantern Festival, with lantern displays and traditional folk performances such as stilt walking and lion dance |
| 燈柱 | [ dēng zhù ] lamppost |
| 燈泡 | [ dēng paò ] light bulb, see also 電燈泡|电灯泡[dian4 deng1 pao4], third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date (slang), CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 燈火 | [ dēng huǒ ] lights |
| 燈火通明 | [ dēng huǒ tōng míng ] brightly lit |
| 燈盞 | [ dēng zhǎn ] lantern, uncovered oil lamp |
| 燈管 | [ dēng guǎn ] fluorescent light |
| 燈節 | [ dēng jié ] the Lantern Festival (15th of first month of lunar calendar) |
| 燈籠 | [ dēng lóng ] lantern |
| 燈籠果 | [ dēng lóng guǒ ] cape gooseberry, Peruvian ground-cherry, Physalis peruviana |
| 燈籠花 | [ dēng lóng huā ] Chinese enkianthus |
| 燈籠褲 | [ dēng lóng kù ] bloomers, plus fours, knickerbockers |
| 燈籠魚 | [ dēng lóng yú ] lantern fish |
| 燈紅酒綠 | [ dēng hóng jiǔ lǜ ] lanterns red, wine green (idiom); feasting and pleasure-seeking, debauched and corrupt environment |
| 燈絲 | [ dēng sī ] filament (in a lightbulb) |
| 燈罩 | [ dēng zhaò ] cover of lamp, lampshade, glass cover of oil lamp |
| 燈臺 | [ dēng taí ] lampstand |
| 燈芯 | [ dēng xīn ] see 燈心|灯心[deng1 xin1] |
| 燈芯絨 | [ dēng xīn róng ] corduroy (textiles) |
| 燈芯草 | [ dēng xīn caǒ ] see 燈心草|灯心草[deng1 xin1 cao3] |
| 燈草 | [ dēng caǒ ] the spongy, white pulp inside the stem of rush plants, used as a wick for oil lamps |
| 燈草絨 | [ dēng caǒ róng ] see 燈芯絨|灯芯绒[deng1 xin1 rong2] |
| 燈蕊 | [ dēng ruǐ ] lamp wick |
| 燈號 | [ dēng haò ] flashing light, indicator light |
| 燈蛾 | [ dēng é ] moth |
| 燈謎 | [ dēng mí ] riddles written on lanterns (e.g. for the Lantern Festival at the end of Chinese New Year) |
| 燈頭 | [ dēng toú ] electric light socket, burner (component of a kerosene lamp), light (as a countable item, e.g. number of lights fitted in a house) |
| ⇒ 五燈會元 | [ wǔ dēng huì yuán ] Song Dynasty History of Zen Buddhism in China (1252), 20 scrolls |
| ⇒ 亮黃燈 | [ liàng huáng dēng ] (lit.) to flash the yellow light, (fig.) to give a warning sign |
| ⇒ 保險燈 | [ baǒ xiǎn dēng ] kerosene lamp |
| ⇒ 信號燈 | [ xìn haò dēng ] signal light, car indicator |
| ⇒ 傳燈 | [ chuán dēng ] to pass on the light of Buddha |
| ⇒ 冰燈 | [ bīng dēng ] ice lantern |
| ⇒ 前信號燈 | [ qián xìn haò dēng ] car front indicator |
| ⇒ 前大燈 | [ qián dà dēng ] headlight |
| ⇒ 前照燈 | [ qián zhaò dēng ] (vehicle) headlight |
| ⇒ 前燈 | [ qián dēng ] headlight |
| ⇒ 剎車燈 | [ shā chē dēng ] brake light |
| ⇒ 南瓜燈 | [ nán guā dēng ] jack-o'-lantern |
| ⇒ 危險警告燈 | [ weī xiǎn jǐng gaò dēng ] hazard lights |
| ⇒ 取燈兒 | [ qǔ dēng ] (dialect) match (for lighting fire) |
| ⇒ 只許州官放火，不許百姓點燈 | [ zhǐ xǔ zhoū guān fàng huǒ bù xǔ baǐ xìng diǎn dēng ] only the official is allowed to light the fire, Gods may do what cattle may not, quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi |
| ⇒ 吊燈 | [ dēng ] hanging lamp |
| ⇒ 吸頂燈 | [ xī dǐng dēng ] flush-mounted ceiling lamp (loanword) |
| ⇒ 吹燈拔蠟 | [ chuī dēng bá là ] 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 |
| ⇒ 壁燈 | [ bì dēng ] wall lamp, bracket light, CL:盞|盏[zhan3] |
| ⇒ 大燈 | [ dà dēng ] headlight |
| ⇒ 大紅燈籠高高掛 | [ dà hóng dēng lóng gaō gaō guà ] Raise the Red Lantern (1991), movie by Zhang Yimou 張藝謀|张艺谋[Zhang1 Yi4 mou2] |
| ⇒ 天燈 | [ tiān dēng ] sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals) |
| ⇒ 太陽燈 | [ taì yáng dēng ] sunlamp |
| ⇒ 孔明燈 | [ kǒng míng dēng ] sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals) |
| ⇒ 安全燈 | [ ān quán dēng ] safety lamp, safelight |
| ⇒ 射燈 | [ shè dēng ] spotlight |
| ⇒ 尾燈 | [ weǐ dēng ] tail light (on vehicle) |
| ⇒ 幻燈 | [ huàn dēng ] lantern slides |
| ⇒ 幻燈機 | [ huàn dēng jī ] slide projector, overhead projector |
| ⇒ 幻燈片 | [ huàn dēng piàn ] slide (photography, presentation software), filmstrip, transparency |
| ⇒ 弧光燈 | [ hú guāng dēng ] arc lamp |
| ⇒ 張燈結彩 | [ zhāng dēng jié caǐ ] to be decorated with lanterns and colored banners (idiom) |
| ⇒ 後信號燈 | [ hoù xìn haò dēng ] car rear indicator |
| ⇒ 後燈 | [ hoù dēng ] taillight |
| ⇒ 投光燈 | [ toú guāng dēng ] floodlight |
| ⇒ 挑燈 | [ dēng ] to light a lamp, to raise a lantern |
| ⇒ 挑燈夜戰 | [ dēng yè zhàn ] to raise a lantern and fight at night (idiom); fig. to work into the night, to burn the midnight oil |
| ⇒ 挑燈撥火 | [ dēng bō huǒ ] to sow discord, to provoke |
| ⇒ 掌燈 | [ zhǎng dēng ] to hold a lamp, to light a lamp |
| ⇒ 排燈節 | [ paí dēng jié ] Diwali (Hindu festival) |
| ⇒ 探照燈 | [ tàn zhaò dēng ] searchlight |
| ⇒ 提燈 | [ tí dēng ] a portable lamp |
| ⇒ 日光燈 | [ rì guāng dēng ] fluorescent light |
| ⇒ 春燈謎 | [ chūn dēng mí ] Spring lantern riddles (guessing game at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节, at the end of Spring festival 春節|春节) |
| ⇒ 本生燈 | [ běn shēng dēng ] Bunsen burner |
| ⇒ 朱紅燈 | [ zhū hóng dēng ] Zhu Hongdeng, one of the leaders of the Boxer Rebellion |
| ⇒ 桌燈 | [ zhuō dēng ] desk lamp |
| ⇒ 標燈 | [ dēng ] beacon light, beacon |
| ⇒ 檯燈 | [ taí dēng ] desk lamp, table lamp |
| ⇒ 歧路燈 | [ qí lù dēng ] Lamp in the Side Street, novel by Qing dynasty writer Li Lüyuan 李綠園|李绿园[Li3 Lu:4 yuan2], also written 岐路燈|岐路灯[Qi2 lu4 Deng1] |
| ⇒ 水銀燈 | [ shuǐ yín dēng ] mercury-vapor lamp |
| ⇒ 汞燈 | [ gǒng dēng ] mercury-vapor lamp |
| ⇒ 汽燈 | [ qì dēng ] gas lamp |
| ⇒ 油燈 | [ yoú dēng ] oil lamp |
| ⇒ 泛光燈 | [ fàn guāng dēng ] floodlight |
| ⇒ 泵燈 | [ bèng dēng ] lamp, turn signal |
| ⇒ 熄燈 | [ xī dēng ] turn out the lights, lights out |
| ⇒ 熒光燈 | [ yíng guāng dēng ] fluorescent lamp, neon lamp |
| ⇒ 燃燈佛 | [ rán dēng fó ] Dipamkara Buddha, the former Buddha before Shakyamuni Buddha and the bringer of lights |
| ⇒ 白熾燈 | [ baí chì dēng ] incandescent light |
| ⇒ 省油的燈 | [ shěng yoú de dēng ] sb who is easy to deal with |
| ⇒ 石英鹵素燈 | [ shí yīng lǔ sù dēng ] quartz halogen lamp |
| ⇒ 礦燈 | [ kuàng dēng ] miner's lamp, mine light |
| ⇒ 筒燈 | [ tǒng dēng ] fluorescent tube or light |
| ⇒ 管燈 | [ guǎn dēng ] fluorescent light |
| ⇒ 節能燈 | [ jié néng dēng ] compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) |
| ⇒ 紅燈 | [ hóng dēng ] red light |
| ⇒ 紅燈區 | [ hóng dēng qū ] red-light district |
| ⇒ 紅燈記 | [ hóng dēng jì ] The Legend of the Red Lantern |
| ⇒ 紅綠燈 | [ hóng lǜ dēng ] traffic light, traffic signal |
| ⇒ 綠燈 | [ lǜ dēng ] green light (traffic signal), (fig.) permission to proceed |
| ⇒ 聚光燈 | [ jù guāng dēng ] spotlight |
| ⇒ 航標燈 | [ háng dēng ] lighted buoy, channel marking light, signal light |
| ⇒ 花燈 | [ huā dēng ] colored lantern (used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节) |
| ⇒ 花燈戲 | [ huā dēng xì ] opera for popular in Sichuan and Yunnan |
| ⇒ 華燈 | [ huá dēng ] light, decorated lantern |
| ⇒ 華燈初上 | [ huá dēng chū shàng ] early evening when lanterns are first lit |
| ⇒ 萬家燈火 | [ wàn jiā dēng huǒ ] (of a city etc) ablaze with lights |
| ⇒ 落地燈 | [ luò dì dēng ] floor lamp |
| ⇒ 螢光燈 | [ yíng guāng dēng ] Taiwan variant of 熒光燈|荧光灯[ying2 guang1 deng1] |
| ⇒ 街燈 | [ jiē dēng ] streetlight |
| ⇒ 走馬燈 | [ zoǔ mǎ dēng ] lantern with carousel of paper horses, rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节, fig. constant busy circulation of people |
| ⇒ 跑馬燈 | [ paǒ mǎ dēng ] lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节[Yuan2 xiao1 jie2], chaser lights, self-scrolling horizontal text display, such as a news ticker |
| ⇒ 路燈 | [ lù dēng ] street lamp, street light |
| ⇒ 車燈 | [ chē dēng ] vehicle light (headlight, turn indicator etc) |
| ⇒ 車頭燈 | [ chē toú dēng ] (vehicle) headlight |
| ⇒ 轉向燈 | [ zhuǎn xiàng dēng ] vehicle turn indicator light |
| ⇒ 近光燈 | [ jìn guāng dēng ] low beam (headlights) |
| ⇒ 追光燈 | [ zhuī guāng dēng ] (theater) spotlight, followspot |
| ⇒ 遠光燈 | [ yuǎn guāng dēng ] high beam (headlights) |
| ⇒ 酒精燈 | [ jiǔ jīng dēng ] spirit lamp |
| ⇒ 長明燈 | [ cháng míng dēng ] altar lamp burning day and night |
| ⇒ 閃光燈 | [ shǎn guāng dēng ] flash bulb (photography) |
| ⇒ 開燈 | [ kaī dēng ] to turn on the light |
| ⇒ 開綠燈 | [ kaī lǜ dēng ] to give the green light, to give the go-ahead |
| ⇒ 闖紅燈 | [ chuǎng hóng dēng ] to run a red light, failing to stop at a red traffic light, (slang) to have sex with a girl while she is menstruating |
| ⇒ 電燈 | [ diàn dēng ] electric light, CL:盞|盏[zhan3] |
| ⇒ 電燈泡 | [ diàn dēng paò ] light bulb, (slang) unwanted third guest |
| ⇒ 霓虹燈 | [ ní hóng dēng ] neon lamp (loanword) |
| ⇒ 霧燈 | [ wù dēng ] fog lights (of a motor vehicle) |
| ⇒ 頂燈 | [ dǐng dēng ] dome light (of a taxi etc), ceiling light (in a room), interior light (of a car), light on the top of a mast etc |
| ⇒ 馬燈 | [ mǎ dēng ] barn lantern, kerosene lamp |
| ⇒ 黑燈下火 | [ heī dēng xià huǒ ] pitch dark, also written 黑燈瞎火|黑灯瞎火[hei1 deng1 xia1 huo3] |
| ⇒ 黑燈瞎火 | [ heī dēng xiā huǒ ] pitch dark |
| ⇒ 龍燈 | [ lóng dēng ] dragon lantern |