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烛
燭
zhú
1.
candle
2.
(literary) to illuminate
Very Common • Top 5%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (18)
火烛
huǒzhú
fire and candles
炳烛
bǐngzhú
by bright candlelight
烛光
zhúguāng
candle light
烛架
zhújià
candlestick holder
烛火
zhúhuǒ
candle flame
烛台
zhútái
candlestick
秉烛
bǐngzhú
variant of [[炳燭|炳烛<bǐngzhú>]]
蜡烛
làzhú
candle
香烛
xiāngzhú
joss stick and candle
圣烛节
Shèngzhújié
Candlemas (Christian Festival on 2nd February)
倒吊蜡烛
dàodiàolàzhú
Wrightia tinctoria (flowering plant in Apocynaceae family, common names dyer's oleander or pala indigo)
洞房花烛
dòngfánghuāzhú
bridal room and ornamented candles
风中之烛
fēngzhōngzhīzhú
lit. candle in the wind (idiom)
风烛残年
fēngzhúcánnián
one's late days
洞房花烛夜
dòngfánghuāzhúyè
wedding night
蜡烛两头烧
làzhúliǎngtóushāo
to burn the candle at both ends (idiom)
蜡烛不点不亮
làzhúbùdiǎnbùliàng
some people have to be pushed for them to take action
风中烛，瓦上霜
fēngzhōngzhú,wǎshàngshuāng
lit. like a candle in the wind, or frost on the roof (idiom)
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 6
- Character Frequency Rank
- 2,536
- Word Frequency Rank
- 4,207 of 84,292