闪光灯 (shǎnguāngdēng): flash (photography); flash bulb; strobe light

Measure Word

一个闪光灯 gè

Meanings

1 flash (photography); flash bulb; strobe light

Characters

Examples

请不要使用闪光灯。

Qǐng bùyào shǐyòng shǎnguāngdēng.

Please do not use flash photography.

记者们的闪光灯不停地闪烁。

Jìzhěmen de shǎnguāngdēng bùtíng de shǎnshuò.

The reporters' camera flashes kept going off.

Tips

memory

闪 (flash) + 光 (light) + 灯 (lamp) — a lamp that flashes light. Straightforward and literal.

Stroke Order

闪 shǎn

光 guāng

灯 dēng

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