火燭

See also: 火烛

Chinese

		fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	candle
trad. (火燭)		火	燭
simp. (火烛)		火	烛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǒzhú

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄓㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fo² zuk¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hé-chek / hóe-chek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǒzhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄓㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǒjhú
    • Wade–Giles: huo³-chu²
    • Yale: hwǒ-jú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoojwu
    • Palladius: хочжу (xočžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fo² zuk¹
    • Yale: fó jūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fo² dzuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: fo² zug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hé-chek
    • Tâi-lô: hé-tsik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hefzeg
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe-chek
    • Tâi-lô: hué-tsik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoefzeg
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪk̚³²/

Noun

火燭

1. lights (collectively)
2. candlelight
3. things that easily catch on fire
4. (Cantonese) fire (as a disaster); conflagration

Synonyms

• (lights): 燈火／灯火 (dēnghuǒ)
• (fire):

• 大火 (dàhuǒ)
• 火災／火灾 (huǒzāi)
• 火燒／火烧 (Hokkien)
• 火警 (huǒjǐng)

 

Verb

火燭

1. to illuminate with fire
2. (Cantonese) to be on fire

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 失火 (“to catch fire”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		失火, 著火, 起火
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	失火, 著火
Cantonese	Guangzhou	火燭, 老丙
	Hong Kong	著火, 火燭
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	著火
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	著火
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	著火
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	著火
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	著火
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	著火
Southern Min	Xiamen	著火燒, 火燒
	Quanzhou	著火燒, 火燒
	Zhangzhou	著火燒, 火燒