| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 安全燈 | 安全灯 | ān quán dēng | safety lamp; safelight |
| 本生燈 | 本生灯 | běn shēng dēng | Bunsen burner |
| 筆燈 | 笔灯 | bǐ dēng | penlight |
| 壁燈 | 壁灯 | bì dēng | wall lamp; bracket light |
| 標燈 | 标灯 | biāo dēng | beacon light; beacon |
| 車前燈 | 车前灯 | chē qián dēng | headlight |
| 燈 | 灯 | dēng | lamp; light |
| 燈管 | 灯管 | dēng guǎn | flourescent light |
| 燈光 | 灯光 | dēng guāng | (stage) lighting; light |
| 燈火 | 灯火 | dēng huǒ | lights |
| 燈節 | 灯节 | dēng jié | the Lantern Festival (15th of first month of lunar calendar) |
| 燈籠 | 灯笼 | dēng lóng | lantern |
| 燈泡 | 灯泡 | dēng pào | (n) light bulb |
| 燈塔 | 灯塔 | dēng tǎ | lighthouse |
| 燈心草科 | 灯心草科 | Dēng xīn cǎo kē | Juncaceae |
| 電燈 | 电灯 | diàn dēng | electric light |
| 電燈泡 | 电灯泡 | diàn dēng pào | light bulb; (slang) unwanted third guest |
| 吊燈 | 吊灯 | diào dēng | chandelier |
| 紅燈 | 红灯 | hóng dēng | (n) red light |
| 紅燈記 | 红灯记 | Hóng dēng jì | The Legend of the Red Lantern |
| 紅燈區 | 红灯区 | hóng dēng qū | red light district |
| 紅綠燈 | 红绿灯 | hóng lǜ dēng | (red and green) traffic light; traffic signal |
| 幻燈 | 幻灯 | huàn dēng | lantern slides |
| 幻燈片 | 幻灯片 | huàn dēng piàn | (n) filmstrip; lantern slide; slidefilm |
| 街燈 | 街灯 | jiē dēng | (n) streetlight |
| 節能燈 | 节能灯 | jié néng dēng | compact fluorescent lamp |
| 路燈 | 路灯 | lù dēng | (n) streetlamp; streetlight |
| 綠燈 | 绿灯 | lǜ dēng | green light |
| 霓虹燈 | 霓虹灯 | ní hóng dēng | neon lamp |
| 日光燈 | 日光灯 | rì guāng dēng | fluorescent light |
| 檯燈 | 台灯 | tái dēng | desk lamp; table lamp |
| 探照燈 | 探照灯 | tàn zhào dēng | searchlight |
| 熄燈 | 熄灯 | xí dēng | turn out the lights; lights out |
| 香港熄燈 | 香港熄灯 | Xiāng Gǎng Xí dēng | Lights Out Hong Kong |
| 油燈 | 油灯 | yóu dēng | oil lamp |
| 張燈結綵 | 张灯结彩 | zhāng dēng jié cǎi | be decorated with lanterns and colored banners |
| 桌燈 | 桌灯 | zhuō dēng | desk lamp |
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