蠟燭

See also: 蝋燭 and 蜡烛

Chinese

		candle; wax	candle
trad. (蠟燭)		蠟	燭
simp. (蜡烛)		蜡	烛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): làzhú

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚˋ ㄓㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laap⁶ zuk¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): la̍p-chuk
• Eastern Min (BUC): iòng-ciók
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): la̍h-chek / la̍h-chiak

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lah⁸ zêg⁴

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵laq-tsoq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: làzhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄚˋ ㄓㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: làjhú
    • Wade–Giles: la⁴-chu²
    • Yale: là-jú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lahjwu
    • Palladius: лачжу (lačžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lä⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: laap⁶ zuk¹
    • Yale: laahp jūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laap⁹ dzuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: lab⁶ zug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːp̚² t͡sʊk̚⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 立足 蠟燭／蜡烛

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: la̍p-chuk
    • Hakka Romanization System: lab zug`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lab⁶ zug⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /lap̚⁵ t͡suk̚²/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: iòng-ciók
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yoŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(t͡s-)ʒuɔʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍h-chek
    • Tâi-lô: la̍h-tsik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: laqzeg
    • IPA (Taipei): /la(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /la(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /la(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ t͡siɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍h-chiak
    • Tâi-lô: la̍h-tsiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: laqciag
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /la(ʔ)²⁴⁻² t͡siak̚⁵/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lah⁸ zêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: la̍h tsek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laʔ⁴⁻² t͡sek̚²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵laq-tsoq
    • MiniDict: 'lah^去 tsoh
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²'laq-tsoq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /laʔ³³ t͡soʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 蠟燭

1. candle (Classifier: 根 m; 枝)

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 燭仔／烛仔

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (蠟燭):

• → Japanese: 蝋(ろう)燭(そく) (rōsoku)
• → Korean: 납촉(蠟燭) (napchok)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
蠟	燭
ろう Jinmeiyō	そく Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Noun

1. Kyūjitai form of 蝋燭 (“candle”)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
蠟	燭

Noun

蠟燭 • (napchok) (hangeul 납촉)

1. Hanja form^? of 납촉 (“candle”).