灯塔

燈塔
dēngtǎ
noun #7,988

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 lighthouse
  2. 2 beacon (figurative: guiding light)

Characters

(light) + (tower) — a tower of light.

Examples

Yuǎnchù yǒu yī zuò dēngtǎ, zhǐyǐn zhe chuánzhī fāngxiàng.
There's a lighthouse in the distance, guiding the ships.
Tā shì wǒ rénshēng de dēngtǎ.
She is the lighthouse of my life.
Zhè zuò dēngtǎ yǐjīng yǒu yībǎi duō nián de lìshǐ le.
This lighthouse is over a hundred years old.

Tips

usage
灯塔 is commonly used figuratively to mean a guiding light or beacon, similar to English. 灯塔 (dēngtǎ guó, 'lighthouse country') is internet slang used sarcastically to refer to countries that position themselves as moral beacons.

Stroke Order

dēng