灯泡
dēng pào
Pinyin

Definition

灯泡
 - 
dēng pào
  1. light bulb
  2. see also 電燈泡|电灯泡[diàn dēng pào]
  3. third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date (slang)
  4. CL:個|个[gè]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

泡
pāo
  1. 1 puffed
  2. 2 swollen
  3. 3 spongy
  4. 4 small lake (esp. in place names)
  5. 5 classifier for urine or feces
水泡
shuǐ pào
  1. 1 bubble
  2. 2 blister
冲泡
chōng pào
  1. 1 to add water (or other liquid) to (another ingredient such as powdered milk or tea leaves)
  2. 2 to infuse (tea)
泡妞
pào niū
  1. 1 to pick up girls
  2. 2 to play around with girls
  3. 3 to chase after girls
泡椒
pào jiāo
  1. 1 pickled pepper
泡沫
pào mò
  1. 1 foam
  2. 2 (soap) bubble
  3. 3 (economic) bubble
泡泡
pào pao
  1. 1 bubbles
泡汤
pào tāng
  1. 1 to dawdle
  2. 2 to go slow deliberately
  3. 3 to fizzle out
  4. 4 to have all one's hopes dashed
  5. 5 (Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring
泡澡
pào zǎo
  1. 1 to bathe
  2. 2 to immerse oneself in a warm bath
泡芙
pào fú
  1. 1 cream puff (loanword)
  2. 2 profiterole
泡菜
pào cài
  1. 1 pickled cabbage
泡饭
pào fàn
  1. 1 to soak cooked rice in soup or water
  2. 2 cooked rice reheated in boiling water
泡面
pào miàn
  1. 1 instant noodles
浸泡
jìn pào
  1. 1 to steep
  2. 2 to soak
  3. 3 to immerse
灯泡
dēng pào
  1. 1 light bulb
  2. 2 see also 電燈泡|电灯泡[diàn dēng pào]
  3. 3 third-wheel or unwanted third party spoiling a couple's date (slang)
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
起泡
qǐ pào
  1. 1 to bubble
  2. 2 to foam
  3. 3 to blister
  4. 4 to sprout boils (on one's body)
  5. 5 sparkling (wine etc)
卵泡
luǎn pào
  1. 1 follicle
梦幻泡影
mèng huàn pào yǐng
  1. 1 illusion (Buddhism)
  2. 2 pipe dream
娘泡
niáng pào
  1. 1 variant of 娘炮[niáng pào]
尿泡
suī pao
  1. 1 (dialect) bladder
  2. 2 to urinate

Idioms (5)

一点水一个泡
yī diǎn shuǐ yī gè pào
  1. 1 honest and trustworthy (idiom)
化为泡影
huà wéi pào yǐng
  1. 1 to come to nothing (idiom)
如法泡制
rú fǎ pào zhì
  1. 1 lit. to follow the recipe (idiom)
  2. 2 to follow the same plan
终成泡影
zhōng chéng pào yǐng
  1. 1 to come to nothing (idiom)
软磨硬泡
ruǎn mó yìng pào
  1. 1 to coax and pester (idiom)
  2. 2 to wheedle
  3. 3 to cajole

Sample Sentences

灯泡坏了吧。我看看。买个新的吧。
dēngpào huài le ba 。wǒ kànkan 。mǎi gè xīnde ba 。
The light bulb is probably broken. I'll take a look. We should buy a new one.
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好。要12瓦的节能灯泡。
hǎo 。yào shíèr wǎ de jiénéng dēngpào 。
Okay. We need a 12-watt energy-saving light bulb.
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我可不要做电灯泡。我们点龙虾吧，听说是这里的招牌菜。
wǒ kě bùyào zuò diàndēngpào 。wǒmen diǎn lóngxiā ba ，tīngshuō shì zhèlǐ de zhāopai cài 。
I don’t want to be a third wheel. Let’s order the lobster! I’ve heard that it’s the specialty dish here.
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