炳燭

Chinese

		bright; brilliant; luminous	candle
trad. (炳燭)		炳	燭
simp. (炳烛)		炳	烛

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǐngzhú

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥˇ ㄓㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bing² zuk¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǐngzhú
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥˇ ㄓㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǐngjhú
  - Wade–Giles: ping³-chu²
  - Yale: bǐng-jú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biingjwu
  - Palladius: бинчжу (binčžu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bing² zuk¹
  - Yale: bíng jūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bing² dzuk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: bing² zug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ³⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/

Verb

炳燭

(literary, literal) to light a candle
(literary, figurative) to be old yet studious

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