灯塔

燈塔
dēngtǎ
noun #7,988

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 lighthouse
  2. 2 beacon; guiding light

Characters

(light) + (tower) - a tower of light.

Examples

HSK 3
Tā shì wǒ rénshēng de dēngtǎ.
She is the lighthouse of my life.
HSK 4
Zhè zuò dēngtǎ yǐjīng yǒu yībǎi duō nián de lìshǐ le.
This lighthouse is over a hundred years old.
HSK 7-9
Yuǎnchù yǒu yī zuò dēngtǎ, zhǐyǐn zhe chuánzhī fāngxiàng.
There's a lighthouse in the distance, guiding the ships.

Tips

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

Stroke Order

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