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火燭

简火烛 · 繁火燭

Mandarin · pinyin huǒ zhú

fire and candles
household things that burn

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火: huǒ · fire, flame; burn; anger, rage
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烛: zhú · candle, taper; shine, illuminate

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3–2 · huo3 zhu2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

fo2 zuk1

Cantonese word readings for 火燭. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

lights (collectively)
candlelight
things that easily catch on fire
(Cantonese) fire (as a disaster); conflagration
(Conghua Hakka) candle

verb

to illuminate with fire
(Cantonese) to be on fire

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