燭臺

See also: 烛台 and 燭台

Chinese

		candle	(measure word); platform; stage (measure word); platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; desk; station; broadcasting station
trad. (燭臺/燭台)		燭	臺/台
simp. (烛台)		烛	台

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhútái

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˊ ㄊㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk¹ toi⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chek-tâi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zêg⁴ dai⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷tsoq-de
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zhou⁶ dai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhútái
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ ㄊㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhútái
    • Wade–Giles: chu²-tʻai²
    • Yale: jú-tái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwutair
    • Palladius: чжутай (čžutaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ tʰaɪ̯³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 燭臺 / 烛台 築臺 / 筑台

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zuk¹ toi⁴
    • Yale: jūk tòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁷ toi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zug¹ toi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵ tʰɔːi̯²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 燭臺 / 烛台 築臺 / 筑台

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chek-tâi
    • Tâi-lô: tsik-tâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zekdaai
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ tai²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ tai²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Singapore): /t͡sek̚³²⁻⁴ tai²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zêg⁴ dai⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsek tâi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sek̚²⁻⁴ tai⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷tsoq-de
    • MiniDict: tsoh^入 de
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴tsoq-de
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡soʔ³³ de⁴⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: zhou⁶ dai²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʈ͡ʂəu̯²⁴ tai̯¹³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡səu̯²⁴ tai̯¹³/

Noun

燭臺

1. candlestick; candelabrum (Classifier: 座 m)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 燭臺 (“candlestick; candelabrum”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		燭臺, 蠟臺
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	燭臺
	Harbin	蠟臺
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	蠟臺, 蠟簽兒, 蠟燭簽兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	蠟臺
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	蠟臺
	Wanrong	蠟臺
	Xi'an	蠟臺兒
	Xining	蠟臺
	Xuzhou	燭臺
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	蠟臺
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	蠟臺
	Wuhan	蠟臺
	Guiyang	燭臺, 蠟臺
	Liuzhou	蠟燭臺
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	蠟燭臺兒
	Yangzhou	蠟燭臺子
Cantonese	Hong Kong	燭臺
Gan	Nanchang	蠟燭臺
	Lichuan	燭臺
	Pingxiang	燭架, 燭托
Hakka	Meixian	燭頓
	Yudu	燭臺, 燭架
Huizhou	Jixi	蠟燭臺
Jin	Taiyuan	蠟座座
	Xinzhou	蠟簽子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蠟燭臺
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	燭斗, 燭碟 flower-shaped
Southern Min	Xiamen	燭鼓, 燭臺, 燭座, 蠟臺
	Quanzhou	蠟臺
	Jinjiang	燭鼓
	Zhangzhou	蠟臺
	Tainan	燭臺
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	燭臺
Wu	Shanghai	燭臺, 蠟扦, 蠟燭扦
	Shanghai (Chongming)	燭臺
	Danyang	蠟燭臺
	Hangzhou	蠟燭臺
	Ningbo	蠟燭臺
	Wenzhou	蠟燭臺
	Jinhua	蠟燭臺兒
Xiang	Changsha	燭臺, 蠟臺
	Loudi	燭臺

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (燭臺):

• → Japanese: 燭(しょく)台(だい) (shokudai)
• → Korean: 촉대(燭臺) (chokdae)