街燈 (gaai1 dang1 | ) : streetlight; streetlamp

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街燈

gaai1 dang1

streetlight; streetlamp

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 986,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

街燈

This word has been viewed 2905 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by dr.slump on 21st Jul 2004 23:35 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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Characters in this word:

街 gaai1 - street
燈 dang1 - light, lamp

1 compounds containing this word:

街燈柱 - street lamp post

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一盞好光嘅街燈﹐照住黑暗嘅角落。粵
A really bright streetlight is illuminating a dark corner.

有一盞街燈喺雪地上面粵
There's a streetlight on the snowy ground.

我幾個月前見到有一盞又好光又非常之高嘅街燈喺草地上面粵
I saw a bright and really tall streetlight on the grass a few months ago.
[Lit. I several months before see-arrive have one [counter] and bright and very tall [possessive particle] streetlight located grass-floor on.]

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Decimal representation of this word: 街燈

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