"Chinese lantern" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Chinese lanterns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Chinese lantern (plural Chinese lanterns)
  1. A paper lantern in bright colours used for decorative purposes, commonly painted with Chinese art and calligraphy motifs. Translations (paper lantern): 燈籠 (Chinese Cantonese), 灯笼 (english: dang¹ lung⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 燈籠 (Chinese Mandarin), 灯笼 (dēnglóng) (Chinese Mandarin), lampion [masculine] (Czech), lampión [masculine] (Czech), kinesisk lygte [common-gender] (Danish), kiinalainen lyhty (Finnish), lampion [masculine] (French), 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), 등롱 (deungnong) (alt: 燈籠) (Korean), tanglung (Malay), дэнлүү (denlüü) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), lanterna chinesa [feminine] (Portuguese), кита́йский фона́рик (kitájskij fonárik) [masculine] (Russian), бума́жный фона́рь (bumážnyj fonárʹ) [masculine] (Russian), кита́йський ліхта́р (kytájsʹkyj lixtár) [masculine] (Ukrainian), đèn lồng (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-Chinese_lantern-en-noun-pQbbDZuJ Disambiguation of 'paper lantern': 86 14
  2. A bladder cherry (Alkekengi officinarum, syn. Physalis alkekengi). Categories (topical): Light sources Categories (lifeform): Groundcherries
    Sense id: en-Chinese_lantern-en-noun-pa3hLVGs Disambiguation of Light sources: 39 61 Disambiguation of Groundcherries: 23 77 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 86 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 17 83

Inflected forms

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