照明 (zhào míng) — to light up; to illuminate

Definition

照明 means the act of lighting up a space, usually with artificial light (lamps, fixtures). It differs from 灯光 and 光线, which refer to light itself as a noun.

verb
to light upto illuminate

Examples

  • 照明
    Jù dà de tàn zhào dēng zhào míng le zhěng gè cāo chǎng.
    The huge searchlight illuminated the entire playground.
  • 照明
    Yuè guāng zhào míng zhe níng jìng de hú miàn.
    Moonlight lit up the quiet lake surface.
  • 照明
    Wǒ men xū yào yòng gèng duō dēng guāng zhào míng nà fú huà.
    We need more lights to illuminate that painting.

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