炳燭

炳燭

Chinese

		bright; brilliant; luminous	candle
trad. (炳燭)		炳	燭
simp. (炳烛)		炳	烛

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐngzhú

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥˇ ㄓㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bing² zuk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bǐngzhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥˇ ㄓㄨˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biingjwu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐngjhú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bing² zuk¹
    • Yale: bíng jūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bing² dzuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: bing² zug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ³⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/

Verb

炳燭

1. (literary, literally) to light a candle
2. (literary, figuratively) to be old yet studious