Chinese lantern

English

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Noun

Chinese lantern

Chinese lantern (plural Chinese lanterns)

1. A paper lantern in bright colours used for decorative purposes, commonly painted with Chinese art and calligraphy motifs.
2. A bladder cherry (Alkekengi officinarum, syn. Physalis alkekengi).

Translations

paper lantern

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 燈籠／灯笼 (dang¹ lung⁴)

  Mandarin: 燈籠／灯笼 (zh) (dēnglóng)

• Czech: lampion m, lampión m
• Danish: kinesisk lygte c
• Finnish: kiinalainen lyhty
• French: lampion (fr) m
• German: Lampion (de) m
• Hawaiian: kanaluna
• Hungarian: lampion (hu)
• Indonesian: lampion (id)
• Irish: laindéar Síneach m
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: 提灯 (ja) (ちょうちん, chōchin), 灯篭 (ja) (とうろう, tōrō)
• Korean: 등롱(燈籠) (deungnong)
• Malay: tanglung (ms)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: дэнлүү (mn) (denlüü)

• Portuguese: lanterna chinesa f
• Russian: кита́йский фона́рик m (kitájskij fonárik), бума́жный фона́рь m (bumážnyj fonárʹ)
• Ukrainian: кита́йський ліхта́р m (kytájsʹkyj lixtár)
• Vietnamese: đèn lồng (vi)

bladder cherry — see bladder cherry