燈燭

Chinese

		lamp; light	candle
trad. (燈燭)		燈	燭
simp. (灯烛)		灯	烛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dēngzhú

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄥ ㄓㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dang¹ zuk¹

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• 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/
• 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/

Noun

燈燭

1. lamps and candles; lights

   • 燈燭滅，乃有人引美人之衣者 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     灯烛灭，乃有人引美人之衣者 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     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.