火燭

See also: 火烛

Chinese

		fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	candle
trad. (火燭)		火	燭
simp. (火烛)		火	烛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǒzhú

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄓㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fo² zuk¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hé-chek / hóe-chek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǒzhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄓㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǒjhú
    • Wade–Giles: huo³-chu²
    • Yale: hwǒ-jú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huoojwu
    • Palladius: хочжу (xočžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fo² zuk¹
    • Yale: fó jūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fo² dzuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: fo² zug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hé-chek
    • Tâi-lô: hé-tsik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hefzeg
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe-chek
    • Tâi-lô: hué-tsik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoefzeg
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪk̚³²/

Noun

火燭

1. lights (collectively)
2. candlelight
3. things that easily catch on fire
4. (Cantonese) fire (as a disaster); conflagration

Synonyms

• (lights): 燈火／灯火 (dēnghuǒ)
• (fire):

• 大火 (dàhuǒ)
• 火災／火灾 (huǒzāi)
• 火燒／火烧 (Hokkien)
• 火警 (huǒjǐng)

 

Verb

火燭

1. to illuminate with fire
2. (Cantonese) to be on fire

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 失火 (“to catch fire”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		失火, 著火, 起火
Mandarin	Taiwan	失火, 著火
Cantonese	Guangzhou	火燭, 老丙
	Hong Kong	著火, 火燭
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	著火
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	著火
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	著火
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	著火
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	著火
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	著火
Southern Min	Xiamen	著火燒, 火燒
	Quanzhou	著火燒, 火燒
	Zhangzhou	著火燒, 火燒