红绿灯 meaning in English

hónglǜdēng

traffic light; traffic signal

Traditional 紅綠燈23 strokes

Meaning of 红绿灯

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

hónglǜdēng
  1. traffic light
  2. traffic signal

红绿灯 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ一yī路lù往wǎng前qián走zǒu,过guò了le红hóng绿lǜ灯dēng就jiù到dào了le。
Go straight down the road, and when you pass the traffic light you're there.
红hóng绿lǜ灯dēng一yì直zhí在zài运yùn作zuò。
Traffic lights work all the time.
红hóng绿lǜ灯dēng变biàn成chéng绿lǜ色sè了le。
The light turned green.
你nǐ往wǎng前qián走zǒu,然rán后hòu往wǎng右yòu转zhuǎn,过guò了le红hóng绿lǜ灯dēng就jiù到dào了le。
Go forward, then turn right, go through the traffic light, and you're there.
在zài第dì一yí个gè红hóng绿lǜ灯dēng左zuǒ转zhuǎn。
Turn left at the first light.

Stroke order for each character

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红 hóng · red · 6 strokes

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绿 lǜ · green · 11 strokes

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灯 dēng · lamp · 6 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 红绿灯.

红色hóngsèred (color); revolutionary
绿色lǜsègreen
红酒hóngjiǔred wine
绿茶lǜchágreen tea; (slang) (of a girl) seemingly innocent and charming but actually calculating an
红茶hóngcháblack tea
灯光dēngguāng(stage) lighting; light
电灯diàndēngelectric light
红包hóngbāomoney wrapped in red as a gift; bonus payment
西红柿xīhóngshìtomato
台灯táidēngdesk lamp; table lamp
通红tōnghóngvery red; red through and through
绿化lǜhuàto make green with plants; to reforest

Questions about 红绿灯

What does 红绿灯 mean?

红绿灯 (hónglǜdēng) means "traffic light; traffic signal".

How do you write 红绿灯?

红绿灯 is made of 3 characters: 红 (6 strokes), 绿 (11 strokes), 灯 (6 strokes). That is 23 strokes in total.

How is 红绿灯 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 红绿灯 is written 紅綠燈.