Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
交通灯
jiāotōng dēng
Description
交通灯有红、黄、绿三种颜色，用来告诉大家什么时候可以走，什么时候要停。
The 交通灯 has three colors: red, yellow, and green, used to tell everyone when to go and when to stop.
过马路的时候，我们要看交通灯。
When crossing the street, we need to look at the 交通灯.
Meanings
交通灯jiāotōng dēng
traffic light; traffic signal
红灯的时候，交通灯让车停下来。
When the light is red, the traffic light stops cars.
Related words
Notes
- Etymology
交通 (traffic) + 灯 (light/lamp), a transparent compound.
- Nuance
红绿灯 is the more common everyday spoken word for the same thing.
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