绿灯 meaning in English
green light (traffic signal); (fig.) permission to proceed
Meaning of 绿灯
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
lǜdēng
- green light (traffic signal)
- (fig.) permission to proceed
绿灯 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
红绿灯变成绿色了。
The light turned green.
你往前走，然后往右转，过了红绿灯就到了。
Go forward, then turn right, go through the traffic light, and you're there.
现在是绿灯。
The light is green.
在第一个红绿灯左转。
Turn left at the first light.
红绿灯现在是绿色的。
The light is green now.
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
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 绿灯.
| 绿色 | lǜsè | green |
| 绿茶 | lǜchá | green tea; (slang) (of a girl) seemingly innocent and charming but actually calculating an |
| 灯光 | dēngguāng | (stage) lighting; light |
| 电灯 | diàndēng | electric light |
| 台灯 | táidēng | desk lamp; table lamp |
| 绿化 | lǜhuà | to make green with plants; to reforest |
| 红灯 | hóngdēng | red light |
| 灯泡 | dēngpào | light bulb; see also 電燈泡|电灯泡[dian4 deng1 pao4] |
| 灯笼 | dēnglong | lantern |
| 路灯 | lùdēng | street lamp; street light |
| 碧绿 | bìlǜ | dark green |
| 翠绿 | cuìlǜ | greenish-blue; emerald green |
Questions about 绿灯
What does 绿灯 mean?
绿灯 (lǜdēng) means "green light (traffic signal); (fig.) permission to proceed" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 绿灯?
绿灯 is made of 2 characters: 绿 (11 strokes), 灯 (6 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.
Is 绿灯 an HSK word?
Yes. 绿灯 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 绿灯 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 绿灯 is written 綠燈.