燈燭
Chinese
| lamp; light | candle | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (燈燭) | 燈 | 燭 | |
| simp. (灯烛) | 灯 | 烛 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: dēngzhú
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄥ ㄓㄨˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dengjhú
- Wade–Giles: têng1-chu2
- Yale: dēng-jú
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dengjwu
- Palladius: дэнчжу (dɛnčžu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: dang1 zuk1
- Yale: dāng jūk
- Cantonese Pinyin: dang1 dzuk7
- Guangdong Romanization: deng1 zug1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
燈燭
- lamps and candles; lights
- 燈燭滅，乃有人引美人之衣者 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: c. 77 B.C.E., 劉向 (Liu Xiang), 《說苑》 (Garden of Stories), chapter 6
- dēngzhú miè, nǎi yǒurén yǐn měirén zhī yī zhě [Pinyin]
- The candles blew out, and someone took advantage of the darkness to grab at the queen's garments.
灯烛灭，乃有人引美人之衣者 [Classical Chinese, simp.]