Chinese lantern

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Noun

Chinese lantern

Chinese lantern (plural Chinese lanterns)

A paper lantern in bright colours used for decorative purposes, commonly painted with Chinese art and calligraphy motifs.
A bladder cherry (Alkekengi officinarum, syn. Physalis alkekengi).

Translations

paper lantern

Chinese:
Cantonese: 燈籠／灯笼 (dang¹ lung⁴)

Mandarin: 燈籠／灯笼 (zh) (dēnglóng)
Czech: lampion m, lampión m
Danish: kinesisk lygte c
Finnish: kiinalainen lyhty
French: lampion (fr) m
German: Lampion (de) m
Hawaiian: kanaluna
Hungarian: lampion (hu)
Indonesian: lampion (id)
Irish: laindéar Síneach m
Italian: please add this translation if you can
Japanese: 提灯 (ja) (ちょうちん, chōchin), 灯篭 (ja) (とうろう, tōrō)
Korean: 등롱(燈籠) (deungnong)
Malay: tanglung (ms)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: дэнлүү (mn) (denlüü)
Portuguese: lanterna chinesa f
Russian: кита́йский фона́рик m (kitájskij fonárik), бума́жный фона́рь m (bumážnyj fonárʹ)
Ukrainian: кита́йський ліхта́р m (kytájsʹkyj lixtár)
Vietnamese: đèn lồng (vi)

bladder cherry — see bladder cherry

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