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霓虹灯

霓虹燈
níhóngdēng
noun #24,442

Measure Word

一盏霓虹灯 zhǎn

Meanings

  1. 1 neon light
  2. 2 neon sign

Examples

城市夜晚的霓虹灯五彩缤纷，十分迷人。
Chéngshì yèwǎn de níhóngdēng wǔcǎi bīnfēn, shífēn mírén.
The neon lights of the city at night are colorful and enchanting.
酒吧门口挂着一排霓虹灯。
Jiǔbā ménkǒu guàzhe yī pái níhóngdēng.
A row of neon lights hangs at the entrance of the bar.
霓虹灯是20世纪城市文化的重要符号之一。
Níhóngdēng shì èrshí shìjì chéngshì wénhuà de zhòngyào fúhào zhī yī.
Neon lights are one of the important symbols of 20th-century urban culture.

Tips

memory
霓虹 is a phonetic borrowing from English 'neon,' and 灯 means 'light/lamp.' The characters 霓虹 literally mean 'rainbow halo' — which poetically describes the glowing colors of neon.

Stroke Order

霓 ní
虹 hóng
灯 dēng