| candle | convex; drum; to rouse convex; drum; to rouse; to beat | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (燭鼓) | 燭 | 鼓 | |
| simp. (烛鼓) | 烛 | 鼓 | |
燭鼓
| 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 | |