luk6 dang1綠燈绿灯
Jyutpingluk6 dang1
Yaleluhk dāng
Definition
Green light; a traffic signal allowing vehicles or pedestrians to proceed.
colloquialtransport
How it's used
Refers specifically to the signal for movement in traffic. While it literally means green light, it is almost exclusively used in the context of road safety and traffic control. When discussing the traffic light as a whole, people often use the term 紅綠燈.
Measure word
zaan2盞jánExamples
Only cross the road when you see the green light.
The green light ahead has turned red.
Related words
Common phrases
cross on a green light
Grammar color guide
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Particle
Connector
Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
