How to Say ‘Traffic light’ in Simplified Chinese
红绿灯
hóng lǜ dēng
[hónglǜdēng]
💬 Usage Tip: 红绿灯 is literally "red-green-light," the normal Chinese word for a traffic light. Chinese often builds everyday nouns this way by stacking short meaningful parts together.
Phrase Breakdown
红绿灯
hóng lǜ dēng
[hónglǜdēng]
traffic light
A set of automatically operated colored lights, typically red, amber, and green, for controlling traffic at road junctions.
到下一个红绿灯左转。
Turn left at the next traffic light.
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