蠟燭臺

Chinese

		candle; someone slow to pick up on hints; someone passive and imprudent	(measure word); platform; stage (measure word); platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; desk; station; broadcasting station
trad. (蠟燭臺/蠟燭台)		蠟燭	臺/台
simp. (蜡烛台)		蜡烛	台

Pronunciation

• Gan (Wiktionary): lat⁶ zuh tai²
• Northern Min (KCR): là-cṳ̆-dǒ

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• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: lat⁶ zuh tai²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lat̚⁵ t͡suʔ² tʰai²⁴/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: là-cṳ̆-dǒ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /la⁴² t͡sy²⁴ to²¹/

Noun

蠟燭臺

1. (Liuzhou Mandarin, Gan, Huizhou, Northern Min, Wu) candlestick; candelabrum

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 燭臺 (“candlestick; candelabrum”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		燭臺, 蠟臺
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	燭臺
	Harbin	蠟臺
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	蠟臺, 蠟簽兒, 蠟燭簽兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	蠟臺
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	蠟臺
	Wanrong	蠟臺
	Xi'an	蠟臺兒
	Xining	蠟臺
	Xuzhou	燭臺
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	蠟臺
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	蠟臺
	Wuhan	蠟臺
	Guiyang	燭臺, 蠟臺
	Liuzhou	蠟燭臺
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	蠟燭臺兒
	Yangzhou	蠟燭臺子
Cantonese	Hong Kong	燭臺
Gan	Nanchang	蠟燭臺
	Lichuan	燭臺
	Pingxiang	燭架, 燭托
Hakka	Meixian	燭頓
	Yudu	燭臺, 燭架
Huizhou	Jixi	蠟燭臺
Jin	Taiyuan	蠟座座
	Xinzhou	蠟簽子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蠟燭臺
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	燭斗, 燭碟 flower-shaped
Southern Min	Xiamen	燭鼓, 燭臺, 燭座, 蠟臺
	Quanzhou	蠟臺
	Zhangzhou	蠟臺
	Tainan	燭臺
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	燭臺
Wu	Shanghai	燭臺, 蠟扦, 蠟燭扦
	Shanghai (Chongming)	燭臺
	Danyang	蠟燭臺
	Hangzhou	蠟燭臺
	Ningbo	蠟燭臺
	Wenzhou	蠟燭臺
	Jinhua	蠟燭臺兒
Xiang	Changsha	燭臺, 蠟臺
	Loudi	燭臺