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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

信号灯

xìnhàodēng

signal light

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

signal light

02

car indicator

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 信号灯 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 信号灯 appears in 6 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

信号灯变绿了哟。xìn hào dēng biàn lǜ le yō。

The light has turned green.

在第一个信号灯处右转。zài dì yí gè xìn hào dēng chù yòu zhuǎn。

Turn right at the first traffic light.

信号灯变红的时候,我刚好在斑马线上滑倒了。xìn hào dēng biàn hóng de shí hòu, wǒ gāng hǎo zài bān mǎ xiàn shàng huá dào le。

I slipped and fell on the crosswalk, just when the light turned red.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 信号灯.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 信号灯.

Directly before

  • 的信号灯1
  • 第一个信号灯1
  • 等待信号灯1

Directly after

  • 信号灯变绿1
  • 信号灯处1
  • 信号灯变成1
  • 信号灯刚一1
  • 信号灯变红1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 信号灯

What does 信号灯 mean in Chinese?

信号灯 (xìnhàodēng) means signal light.

How do you pronounce 信号灯?

信号灯 is pronounced xìnhàodēng.

Is 信号灯 an HSK word?

信号灯 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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