Chinese Conversation · Level 40
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Chinese word
霓虹
Pronunciation
Pinyinní hóng
Meaning
- nounneon
Example
夜晚的霓虹很漂亮。yè wǎn de ní hóng hěn piào liàng
The neon lights look beautiful at night.
More examples
商店的霓虹招牌吸引了路人的注意。shāng diàn de ní hóng zhāo pái xī yǐn le lù rén de zhù yì
The store's neon sign caught the attention of passersby.
Core concept
Colorful artificial light arranged in glowing lines around buildings, businesses, or displays.
Common phrases
霓虹招牌ní hóng zhāo pái
neon sign
霓虹灯光ní hóng dēng guāng
neon light
Similar words
霓虹灯ní hóng dēng: Neon lighting made by gas glowing inside glass tubes for signs or decoration.
灯光dēng guāng: Light from lamps that brightens a building, street, or other place.
招牌zhāo pái: A sign showing a shop's name or the products it sells.
Definition in Chinese
霓虹通常是霓虹灯的简称，指以氖等气体放电发光的招牌或装饰用灯及其呈现的彩色光带。ní hóng tōng cháng shì ní hóng dēng de jiǎn chēng zhǐ yǐ nǎi děng qì tǐ fàng diàn fā guāng de zhāo pái huò zhuāng shì yòng dēng jí qí chéng xiàn de cǎi sè guāng dài
Word origin
The characters 霓 (ní, "secondary rainbow") + 虹 (hóng, "rainbow") create a rainbow-colored image that was applied to modern neon lighting, giving 霓虹 (níhóng, "neon") its current shortened noun use.
Usage tips
- The adjective neon in English can describe an extremely bright color even when no lighting is involved, a sense that this Chinese noun does not automatically carry.
Other meanings
- neon signnoun
- neon lightnoun
Opposites
- 自然光zì rán guāngnatural lightnoun
Related words
- 霓虹灯ní hóng dēngneon lightnoun