烛
zhú
candle, taper; shine, illuminate
- Strokes
- 10
- Level
- HSK 5 · TOCFL Level 4
- Frequency
- No. 2,264
- Traditional
- 燭
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What 烛 means
candle; (literary) to illuminate
Words with 烛
- 蜡烛là zhúcandle
- 烛光zhú guāngcandle light; candle-lit (vigil etc); candela, unit of luminous intensity (cd)
- 烛台zhú táicandlestick; candle holder
- 火烛huǒ zhúfire and candles; household things that burn
- 烛架zhú jiàcandlestick holder; candlestand; candelabra
- 烛泪zhú lèidrop of melted wax that runs down the side of a candle
- 烛火zhú huǒcandle flame
- 红烛hóng zhúred candle (used during birthdays and other celebrations)
- 花烛huā zhúwedding candles; a pair of large, red, ornately decorated candles placed in the bridal chamber during a traditional Chinese wedding night, symbolizing the union of the couple; (botany) anthurium
- 香烛xiāng zhújoss stick and candle
- 炳烛bǐng zhúby bright candlelight
- 倒吊蜡烛dào diào là zhúWrightia tinctoria (flowering plant in Apocynaceae family, common names dyer's oleander or pala indigo)
烛 in a sentence
wǒ hěn xǐ huan zhú guāng 。
I like candlelight.
là zhú chū qù ， ér bú bì bèi pū miè 。
The candle went out instead of having been put out.
tā chuī miè le là zhú 。
He blew out the candle.
là zhú zì jǐ miè le 。
The candle went out by itself.
là zhú zì rán xī miè 。
The candle went out by itself.