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Chinese lantern
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English
thumb|A Chinese lantern (en Q696134)
Etymology
en When/how does the term originate?
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Chinese lantern.wav Southern England
Noun
en Q696134 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.
en lantern#Noun
en sky lantern<id:Q696134>
A bladder cherry (Alkekengi officinarum species, syn. Physalis alkekengi species).
Various shrubs in the genus Abutilon genus.
The shrub or small tree Dichrostachys cinerea species.
The plant Quincula lobata species.
en math en Schwarz lantern.
Derived terms
en Chinese lantern structure
Translations
paper lantern
Bulgarian: bg кита́йски фене́р m
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 燈籠
Dungan: dng дынлу
Eastern Min: cdo 燈籠
Gan: gan 燈籠
Hokkien: nan-hbl 燈籠 teng-lóng
Jin: cjy 燈籠
Mandarin: cmn 燈籠
Northern Min: mnp 燈籠
Wu: wuu 燈籠 1ten-lon
Xiang: hsn 亮殼子, hsn 燈籠 denn1 neng2*
Czech: cs lampion m, cs lampión m
Danish: da kinesisk lygte c
Dutch: nl lampion m
Finnish: fi kiinalainen lyhty
French: fr lampion m
German: de Lampion m
Hawaiian: haw kanaluna
Hungarian: hu lampion
Indonesian: id lampion
Irish: ga laindéar Síneach m
Italian: it
Japanese: ja 提灯 ちょうちん, chōchin, ja 灯篭 とうろう, tōrō
Korean: ko 등롱(燈籠)
Malay: ms tanglung
Manchu: mnc ᡩᡝᠩᠯᡠ
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn дэнлүү
Mongolian script: mn ᠳ᠋ᠧᠩᠯᠦ
Portuguese: pt lanterna chinesa f
Russian: ru кита́йский фона́рик m, ru бума́жный фона́рь m
Tibetan: bo གནམ་སྒྲོན
Ukrainian: uk кита́йський ліхта́р m
Vietnamese: vi đèn lồng
Zhuang: za daengloengz
bladder cherry
en Light sources Groundcherries