打燈

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	lamp; light
trad. (打燈)		打	燈
simp. (打灯)		打	灯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎdēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄉㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² dang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎdēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄉㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎdeng
    • Wade–Giles: ta³-têng¹
    • Yale: dǎ-dēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daadeng
    • Palladius: дадэн (dadɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daa² dang¹
    • Yale: dá dāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² dang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² deng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ tɐŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

打燈

1. to activate the turn signals of a car; to indicate; to signal

   變道不打燈／变道不打灯  ―  biàndào bù dǎdēng  ―  to switch lanes and not activate the turn signal

   轉彎要打燈／转弯要打灯 [Cantonese]  ―  zyun³ waan¹ jiu³ daa² dang¹ [Jyutping]  ―  you must signal before a turn

2. (videography) to light up the scene