CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

灯塔

dēngtǎ

lighthouse

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

lighthouse

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 灯塔 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 灯塔 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

我们看到了远方灯塔的微光。wǒ men kàn dào le yuǎn fāng dēng tǎ de wēi guāng。

We saw the gleam of a distant lighthouse.

那些追求和平和安全的人们，我们支持你们。那些所有怀疑美国的灯塔能否能像以前一样明亮的人们，今天晚上我们再次证明，我们国家真正的力量并非来自我们武器的威力或财富的规模，而是来自我们理想的持久力量：民主、自由、机会、不屈服的希望。nà xiē zhuī qiú hé píng hé ān quán de rén men， wǒ men zhī chí nǐ men。 nà xiē suǒ yǒu huái yí měi guó de dēng tǎ néng fǒu néng xiàng yǐ qián yī yàng míng liàng de rén men， jīn tiān wǎn shàng wǒ men zài cì zhèng míng， wǒ men guó jiā zhēn zhèng de lì liàng bìng fēi lái zì wǒ men wǔ qì de wēi lì huò cái fù de guī mó， ér shì lái zì wǒ men lǐ xiǎng de chí jiǔ lì liàng： mín zhǔ、 zì yóu、 jī huì、 bù qū fú de xī wàng。

To those who seek peace and security. We support you. And to all those who have wondered if America's beacon still burns as bright, tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope.

根据灯塔的信号灯，船可以找到正确的方向。gēn jù dēng tǎ de xìn hào dēng， chuán kě yǐ zhǎo dào zhèng què de fāng xiàng。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 灯塔.

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

Directly before

的灯塔1
远方灯塔1
根据灯塔1

Directly after

灯塔的2
灯塔能否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 灯塔

What does 灯塔 mean in Chinese?

灯塔 (dēngtǎ) means lighthouse.

How do you pronounce 灯塔?

灯塔 is pronounced dēngtǎ.

Is 灯塔 an HSK word?

灯塔 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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