風燭

Chinese

		wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner	candle
trad. (風燭)		風	燭
simp. (风烛)		风	烛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fēngzhú

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥ ㄓㄨˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fēngzhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥ ㄓㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fongjhú
    • Wade–Giles: fêng¹-chu²
    • Yale: fēng-jú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengjwu
    • Palladius: фэнчжу (fɛnčžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 風燭

1. (literally) candle in the wind
2. (figuratively) aged (of someone); declining (of something)