燈燭

Chinese

		lamp; light	candle
trad. (燈燭)		燈	燭
simp. (灯烛)		灯	烛

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dēngzhú

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄥㄓㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dang¹ zuk¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dēngzhú
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄥㄓㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dengjhú
  - Wade–Giles: têng¹-chu²
  - Yale: dēng-jú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dengjwu
  - Palladius: дэнчжу (dɛnčžu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dang¹ zuk¹
  - Yale: dāng jūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dang¹ dzuk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: deng¹ zug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/

Noun

燈燭

lamps and candles; lights
- 燈燭滅，乃有人引美人之衣者 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  灯烛灭，乃有人引美人之衣者 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: c. 77 B.C.E., 劉向 (Liu Xiang), 《說苑》 (Garden of Stories), chapter 6
  dēngzhú miè, nǎi yǒurén yǐn měirén zhī yī zhě [Pinyin]
  The candles blew out, and someone took advantage of the darkness to grab at the queen's garments.

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