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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 灯泡

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
灯泡 dēng pào - 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]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 7 8,668 14,826 8,820

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
dēng- lamp
- light
- lantern
- CL:盞|盏[zhan3]
pāo- puffed; swollen; spongy
- small lake (esp. in place names)
- classifier for urine or feces
pào- bubble; foam
- blister
- to soak; to steep; to infuse
- to dawdle; to loiter
- to pick up (a girl)
- to get off with (a sexual partner)
- classifier for occurrences of an action
- classifier for number of infusions

Other Words Containing 灯泡

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
灯泡 - 7 8,668 14,826 8,820
电灯泡 - - 14,757 45,092 22,548