Chinese lantern in Malay
tanglung
Chinese lantern in Malay: tanglung. In English, Chinese lantern means a paper lantern in bright colours used for decorative purposes, commonly painted with Chinese art and calligraphy motifs; some float in the air like hot-air balloons, and some float on water.
Malay words for Chinese lantern
- paper lantern
- tanglung
English meaning of Chinese lantern
- noun A paper lantern in bright colours used for decorative purposes, commonly painted with Chinese art and calligraphy motifs; some float in the air like hot-air balloons, and some float on water.
- noun A bladder cherry (Alkekengi officinarum, syn. Physalis alkekengi).
- noun Various shrubs in the genus Abutilon.
- noun The shrub or small tree Dichrostachys cinerea.
Chinese lantern in a sentence
- Near-synonym: sky lantern
Synonyms of Chinese lantern
Chinese lantern in other languages
Questions about Chinese lantern in Malay
- What is the meaning of Chinese lantern in Malay?
- Chinese lantern in Malay is tanglung.
- Apakah maksud Chinese lantern dalam bahasa Melayu?
- Chinese lantern: tanglung.
- What does Chinese lantern mean in English?
- Chinese lantern means a paper lantern in bright colours used for decorative purposes, commonly painted with Chinese art and calligraphy motifs; some float in the air like hot-air balloons, and some float on water.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Chinese lantern (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malay words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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