"Chinese lantern" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Chinese lantern.wav [Southern-England] Forms: Chinese lanterns [plural]
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  1. A paper lantern in bright colours used for decorative purposes, commonly painted with Chinese art and calligraphy motifs; some float in the air like hot-air balloons, and some float on water. Synonyms: sky lantern Hypernyms: lantern Translations (paper lantern): кита́йски фене́р (kitájski fenér) [masculine] (Bulgarian), дынлу (dɨnlu) [Dungan] (Chinese), 燈籠 /灯笼 (teng-lóng) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 燈籠 /灯笼 (english: dang¹ lung⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 燈籠 /灯笼 (dēnglóng) (Chinese Mandarin), lampion [masculine] (Czech), lampión [masculine] (Czech), kinesisk lygte [common-gender] (Danish), lampion [masculine] (Dutch), 燈籠 /灯笼 (dĕng-lè̤ng) (Eastern Min Chinese), kiinalainen lyhty (Finnish), lampion [masculine] (French), 燈籠 /灯笼 (english: den¹ lung) (Gan Chinese), Lampion [masculine] (German), kanaluna (Hawaiian), lampion (Hungarian), lampion (Indonesian), laindéar Síneach [masculine] (Irish), 提灯 (chōchin) (alt: ちょうちん) (Japanese), 灯篭 (tōrō) (alt: とうろう) (Japanese), 燈籠 /灯笼 (deng¹ lou¹) (Jin Chinese), 등롱 (deungnong) (alt: 燈籠) (Korean), tanglung (Malay), ᡩᡝᠩᠯᡠ (denglu) (Manchu), дэнлүү (denlüü) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠳ᠋ᠧᠩᠯᠦ (dēnglü) (Mongolian), 燈籠 /灯笼 (dáing-lô̤ng) (Northern Min Chinese), lanterna chinesa [feminine] (Portuguese), кита́йский фона́рик (kitájskij fonárik) [masculine] (Russian), бума́жный фона́рь (bumážnyj fonárʹ) [masculine] (Russian), གནམ་སྒྲོན (gnam sgron) (Tibetan), кита́йський ліхта́р (kytájsʹkyj lixtár) [masculine] (Ukrainian), đèn lồng (Vietnamese), 燈籠 /灯笼 (¹ten-lon) (Wu Chinese), 亮殼子 /亮壳子 (lian⁵ ko⁶ zr) (Xiang Chinese), 燈籠 /灯笼 (alt: denn¹ neng^(2*)) (Xiang Chinese), daengloengz (Zhuang)
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  2. A bladder cherry (Alkekengi officinarum, syn. Physalis alkekengi).
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          "roman": "chōchin",
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          "alt": "とうろう",
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          "code": "ko",
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          "word": "등롱"
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          "roman": "bumážnyj fonárʹ",
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          "roman": "kytájsʹkyj lixtár",
          "sense": "paper lantern",
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          "word": "đèn lồng"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "kitájski fenér",
      "sense": "paper lantern",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "yue",
      "english": "dang¹ lung⁴",
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      "lang_code": "yue",
      "sense": "paper lantern",
      "translation": "dang¹ lung⁴",
      "word": "燈籠 /灯笼"
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      "code": "dng",
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      "roman": "dɨnlu",
      "sense": "paper lantern",
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      "word": "дынлу"
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      "roman": "dĕng-lè̤ng",
      "sense": "paper lantern",
      "word": "燈籠 /灯笼"
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      "lang_code": "gan",
      "sense": "paper lantern",
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      "word": "燈籠 /灯笼"
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      "code": "nan-hbl",
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      "roman": "teng-lóng",
      "sense": "paper lantern",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "燈籠 /灯笼"
    },
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      "code": "cjy",
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      "lang_code": "cjy",
      "roman": "deng¹ lou¹",
      "sense": "paper lantern",
      "word": "燈籠 /灯笼"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "dēnglóng",
      "sense": "paper lantern",
      "word": "燈籠 /灯笼"
    },
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      "roman": "dáing-lô̤ng",
      "sense": "paper lantern",
      "word": "燈籠 /灯笼"
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      "lang_code": "wuu",
      "roman": "¹ten-lon",
      "sense": "paper lantern",
      "word": "燈籠 /灯笼"
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      "lang_code": "hsn",
      "roman": "lian⁵ ko⁶ zr",
      "sense": "paper lantern",
      "word": "亮殼子 /亮壳子"
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      "alt": "denn¹ neng^(2*)",
      "code": "hsn",
      "lang": "Xiang Chinese",
      "lang_code": "hsn",
      "sense": "paper lantern",
      "word": "燈籠 /灯笼"
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      "sense": "paper lantern",
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      "lang": "Czech",
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      "sense": "paper lantern",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "lampión"
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      "lang_code": "da",
      "sense": "paper lantern",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kinesisk lygte"
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      "sense": "paper lantern",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "lampion"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "paper lantern",
      "word": "kiinalainen lyhty"
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      "sense": "paper lantern",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "lampion"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "sense": "paper lantern",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Lampion"
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      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "lang_code": "haw",
      "sense": "paper lantern",
      "word": "kanaluna"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "paper lantern",
      "word": "lampion"
    },
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "sense": "paper lantern",
      "word": "lampion"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "paper lantern",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "laindéar Síneach"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ちょうちん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "chōchin",
      "sense": "paper lantern",
      "word": "提灯"
    },
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      "alt": "とうろう",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "tōrō",
      "sense": "paper lantern",
      "word": "灯篭"
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    {
      "alt": "燈籠",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "deungnong",
      "sense": "paper lantern",
      "word": "등롱"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "lang_code": "ms",
      "sense": "paper lantern",
      "word": "tanglung"
    },
    {
      "code": "mnc",
      "lang": "Manchu",
      "lang_code": "mnc",
      "roman": "denglu",
      "sense": "paper lantern",
      "word": "ᡩᡝᠩᠯᡠ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "lang_code": "mn",
      "roman": "denlüü",
      "sense": "paper lantern",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "дэнлүү"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "lang_code": "mn",
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      "roman": "dēnglü",
      "sense": "paper lantern",
      "word": "ᠳ᠋ᠧᠩᠯᠦ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "paper lantern",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lanterna chinesa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "kitájskij fonárik",
      "sense": "paper lantern",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кита́йский фона́рик"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "bumážnyj fonárʹ",
      "sense": "paper lantern",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бума́жный фона́рь"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "lang_code": "bo",
      "roman": "gnam sgron",
      "sense": "paper lantern",
      "word": "གནམ་སྒྲོན"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "kytájsʹkyj lixtár",
      "sense": "paper lantern",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кита́йський ліхта́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "paper lantern",
      "word": "đèn lồng"
    },
    {
      "code": "za",
      "lang": "Zhuang",
      "lang_code": "za",
      "sense": "paper lantern",
      "word": "daengloengz"
    }
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    "Chinese lantern"
  ],
  "word": "Chinese lantern"
}

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