粵

紅hung4綠luk6燈dang1

simp红绿灯
hung4 luk6 dang1hóng lǜ dēng

English

  1. traffic light
  2. traffic light for pedestrians; literally: red and green lights
  3. traffic signal

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 行人睇嘅交通燈(量詞:支/盞)

Examples

  • 過馬路要睇紅綠燈呀!

    You must check the traffic lights when crossing the street!

  • 123,紅綠燈,過馬路,要小心。(童謠)

    123, traffic light. Cross the road, be careful. (a popular Cantonese child verse)

  • 你一直向前走,過咗紅綠燈就到嘞。

    Tatoeba · tigro1973 CC BY

  • 如果我係紅綠燈,每次你經過我都會變紅,噉我就可以望多少少你。

    Tatoeba · Andrea5437 CC BY

  • 紅綠燈一直在運作。

    Traffic lights work all the time.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 紅綠燈變成綠色了。

    The traffic light turned green.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 在第一個紅綠燈左轉。

    Turn left at the first light.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 紅綠燈現在是綠色的。

    The traffic lights are green.

    Tatoeba · xjjAstrus CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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