paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern
A collapsible lantern made of paper or silk on a bamboo frame, used in festivals, traditional settings, and as a portable light source.
Before the festival, they went around lighting the paper lanterns.
Many paper lanterns were displayed at the festival.
I walked along the night path, lighting my way with a paper lantern.
snot bubble
Only when written 提灯
Colloquial, usually written in kana. Refers to a bubble of mucus from the nose, often seen in sleeping children or comical situations. Often used in the phrase 鼻ちょうちん.
See also: 鼻ちょうちん
The baby is sleeping with a snot bubble.
The manga character gets a laugh by blowing a snot bubble.
They decorated the shopping street with lanterns to liven up the summer festival.
They hung lanterns under the eaves to light the night path.
提灯 is a portable, collapsible lantern with a handle, whereas 行灯 is a stationary box-shaped lantern meant to sit on the floor or a stand.
提灯 is a traditional Japanese paper-and-bamboo lantern, while ランタン usually refers to a Western-style lantern made of glass and metal.
round paper lantern
puffed-up sleeves; lantern sleeves
Gifu lantern
gando lantern; bull's-eye lantern
lantern bearer · flatterer; sycophant; brown-noser
lantern procession; lantern parade
puff piece; flattering article; sycophantic article
football fish; Atlantic footballfish
hanging lantern
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency news and common word.
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially for the colloquial sense.
Out-dated kanji form using 燈; rarely encountered in modern text.
Rarely used kanji form; not recommended for learners.
From Chinese 提燈／提灯 (tídēng), literally 'carry lantern'. The colloquial sense 'snot bubble' is a metaphorical extension based on the shape.
large paper lantern on a pole