跑马灯 in English pao3 ma3 deng1 Meaning

Meanings

  • lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节[Yuan2 xiao1 jie2]
  • chaser lights
  • self-scrolling horizontal text display, such as a news ticker

Simplified Characters

跑 马 灯

Traditional Characters

跑 馬 燈

Pinyin

pao3 ma3 deng1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

跑pao3(of an animal) to paw (the ground) 马ma3surname Ma 灯deng1lamp