燭臺

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See also: 烛台 and 燭台

Chinese

candle
(measure word); platform; stage
(measure word); platform; stage; terrace; stand; support; desk; station; broadcasting station
 
trad. (燭臺/燭台) 燭 臺/台
simp. (烛台) 烛 台

Pronunciation

Noun

燭臺

  1. candlestick; candelabrum (Classifier: 座 m)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 燭臺 (“candlestick; candelabrum”)
Variety Location Words
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

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (燭臺):
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia