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烛台 (zhú tāi) — candlestick

Definition

noun
candlestick
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 烛台。
    Zhè ge zhú tāi shì yòng qīng tóng zuò de.
    This candlestick is made of bronze.
  • 烛台。
    Tā zài zhuō shàng fàng le yí gè zhú tāi.
    She put a candlestick on the table.
  • 烛台。
    Jiào táng lǐ de zhú tāi shǎn shuò zhe wēn nuǎn de zhú guāng.
    The candlestick in the church flickered with warm candlelight.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

烛zhúcandle
台táistand

“烛” means candle and “台” means stand, together a stand for a candle.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 臺; 台 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 台 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (窗台, 电视台) it is 臺; in others (台灯, 台球) (台风) it is 檯 or 台 or 颱.

The traditional form 臺 is the 喬 + 室 form; earlier versions combined a sound part with 室, and an old reading saw it as a watch tower.

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