電din6燈dang1膽daam2

English

1. (n.) a light bulb; the third wheel; an insensitive person who tags along with a couple, without realizing that the couple wants some privacy
2. light bulb
3. an unwanted third person who accompanies a pair of lovers; the third wheel

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 用電力做能源，發出光線照明嘅裝置，外形通常都會做到近似球體（量詞：個／盞）
2. 夾喺情侶中間、唔識迴避、阻住對情侶談情説愛嘅人（量詞：個）（語源：由於以前電燈膽嘅玻璃入面係真空嘅，所以「電燈膽」有句歇後語「唔通氣」；而家淨係用前半句去表達「唔通氣嘅人」）

Examples

• 愛迪生發明咗電燈膽。

  Thomas Edison invented the light bulb.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 我好似做咗電燈膽喇，都係走先。

  Seems like I'm the third wheel here. I should go.

  Tatoeba · kaenif CC BY

• 我唔夠高換電燈膽，有冇人可以幫下我？

  Can anyone help me change the light bulb? I'm not tall enough. ----

• 有冇人可以話我聽電燈膽嘅原理係點㗎？

  Who can tell me how a light bulb works?

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 佢哋兩個咁煙韌，我都唔好意思做電燈膽嘞。

  The two of them are so intimate with each other, it doesn't feel right for me to be the third wheel.