zhú
Traditional: 燭
烛 (zhú) is a Chinese word meaning “candle; (literary) to illuminate”.
Meanings
- 1candle
- 2(literary) to illuminate
Related words
蜡烛candle烛光candlelight烛台candlestick洞房花烛bridal room and ornamented candles风烛残年one's late days香烛joss stick and candle花烛wedding 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火烛fire and candles风中之烛lit. candle in the wind (idiom)倒吊蜡烛Wrightia tinctoria (flowering plant in Apocynaceae family, common names dyer's oleander or pala indigo)洞房花烛夜wedding night炳烛by bright candlelight