炷 (zhù) — (bound form) measure word for burning incense sticks; (bound form) wick (of an oil lamp); also used in 炷香 meaning 'to burn incense'
Definition
A bound-form noun and measure word used in incense-and-lamp contexts: counts incense sticks (一炷香) and names the wick of an oil lamp (灯炷). It almost always appears attached to 灯 or 香, never alone.
bound form
measure word for burning incense stickswick (of an oil lamp)also used in 炷香 meaning 'to burn incense'
Easily confused
- 拄zhǔlook-aliketo lean on (with a walking stick or cane); to prop on
- 祝zhùsound-aliketo wish (someone something good)
- 蛀zhùlook-aliketo eat into / bore into (of insects, worms, etc.)
- 助zhùsound-aliketo help, to assist, to aid
- 柱zhùlook-alikepillar, column, post
- 筑zhùsound-aliketo build, to construct (often in compounds or formal usage)
Examples
- 炷，。Tā diǎn le yí zhù xiāng, qí qiú píng ān.He lit a stick of incense and prayed for peace.
- ，炷。Měi nián chūn jié, tā men dōu huì qù miào lǐ zhù xiāng.Every Spring Festival, they go to the temple to burn incense.
- 炷。Gǔ dài yóu dēng de dēng zhù shì yòng mián xiàn zuò de.The wick of ancient oil lamps was made of cotton thread.
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