「燈」

Entry #1
Pronunciation: dang1
Part of Speech: noun
Explanation:
light; lamp (measure word: 盞 / 支 / 眼)
(Cant.) 吊燈diu3 dang1
(Eng.) pendent lamp
(Cant.) 霓虹燈ngai4 hung4 dang1
(Eng.) neon light
(Cant.) 紅綠燈hung4 luk6 dang1
(Eng.) traffic light
(Cant.) 呢ni1度dou6好hou2黑haak1啊aa3,唔m4該goi1開hoi1着zoek6盞zaan2燈dang1吖aa1。
(Eng.) It's very dark here, please turn the light on.
(Cant.) 你nei5出ceot1去heoi3嘅ge3時si4候hau6記gei3住zyu6熄sik1晒saai3啲di1燈dang1。
(Eng.) Don't forget to switch off the lights when you go out.
See also: 點着 淺 輕微 光線 輕鬆 枱燈
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「燈」

Entry #2
Pronunciation: dang1
Part of Speech: verb
Labels: Recent Jargon
Explanation:
ironic term used to refer to someone as a "beacon light"; to be so bad at making predictions that one becomes a counter reference; to offer predictions for something but the opposite ends up being true; literally: light
(Cant.) 呢ni1個go3影jing2壇taan4大daai6哥go1好hou2邪ce4㗎gaa3,佢keoi5代doi6言jin4嘅ge3品ban2牌paai4好hou2多do1都dou1俾bei2佢keoi5燈dang1死sei2咗zo2。
(Eng.) This movie star is notorious for bad luck. Many brands he endorsed ended up meeting their doom.
(Cant.) 佢keoi5真zan1係hai6好hou2燈dang1㗎gaa3,同tung4佢keoi5唱coeng3反faan2調diu6就zau6一jat1定ding6有jau5運wan6行haang4。
(Eng.) He's so bad at making predictions. You'll always succeed if you go the opposite way as him.
(Cant.) 蕭siu1生saang1真zan1係hai6燈神dang1 san4嚟lai4㗎gaa3,十sap6年nin4嚟lei4冇mou5一jat1次ci3估gu2中zung3。
(Eng.) Mr. Siu is such a master in wrongly predicting things that he hasn't been right in the past 10 years.
See also: 燈神
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