蜡烛
làzhú
candle
Characters in this word
烛 zhú
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 火 — fire, flame
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 停电后，母亲点起蜡烛，客厅反而有了久违的安静。 Tíngdiàn hòu, mǔqīn diǎn qǐ làzhú, kètīng fǎn'ér yǒu le jiǔwéi de ānjìng. After the power cut, Mother lit a candle, and the living room unexpectedly regained a long-lost quietness.
- 孩子们围着蛋糕，等他吹灭蜡烛。 Háizimen wéizhe dàngāo, děng tā chuī miè làzhú. The children gathered around the cake, waiting for him to blow out the candles.
- 晚上停电了，我们点上了几根蜡烛。 Wǎnshang tíngdiàn le, wǒmen diǎn shàng le jǐ gēn làzhú. The power went out in the evening, so we lit a few candles.