蜡烛 meaning in English

làzhú

candle

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 蠟燭24 strokes

Meaning of 蜡烛

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

làzhú

Measure word: 根,支

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

洗xǐ手shǒu台tái上shàng有yǒu一yí个gè红hóng色sè的de蜡là烛zhú。

There's a red candle on top of the bathroom sink.

汤tāng姆mǔ吹chuī灭miè了le蛋dàn糕gāo上shàng的de所suǒ有yǒu蜡là烛zhú。

Tom blew out all the candles on the cake.

许xǔ个gè愿yuàn，然rán后hòu吹chuī熄xī蜡là烛zhú吧ba。

Make a wish and blow out the candles.

母mǔ亲qīn在zài我wǒ的de生shēng日rì蛋dàn糕gāo上shàng插chā上shàng了le十shí三sān枝zhī蜡là烛zhú。

My mother put thirteen candles on my birthday cake.

一yì口kǒu气qì吹chuī灭miè生shēng日rì蛋dàn糕gāo上shàng所suǒ有yǒu的de蜡là烛zhú。

Blow out all the candles on the birthday cake at once.

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Words that share a character with 蜡烛.

烛光	zhúguāng	candlelight; candlelit (vigil etc)
蜡笔	làbǐ	crayon (wax type)
烛台	zhútái	candlestick; candle holder

What does 蜡烛 mean?

蜡烛 (làzhú) means "candle" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 蜡烛?

蜡烛 is made of 2 characters: 蜡 (14 strokes), 烛 (10 strokes). That is 24 strokes in total.

Is 蜡烛 an HSK word?

Yes. 蜡烛 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 蜡烛 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 蜡烛 is written 蠟燭.