# 燭臺
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhútái
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˊ ㄊㄞˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk$^1$ toi$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chek-tâi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zêg$^4$ dai$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$tsoq-de
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zhou$^6$ dai$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhútái
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ ㄊㄞˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhútái
*** Wade–Giles: chu$^2$-tʻai$^2$
*** Yale: jú-tái
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwutair
*** Palladius: чжутай (čžutaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ tʰaɪ̯³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$燭臺／烛台 築臺／筑台
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zuk$^1$ toi$^4$
*** Yale: jūk tòih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk$^7$ toi$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zug$^1$ toi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʊk̚⁵ tʰɔːi̯²¹/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$燭臺／烛台 築臺／筑台
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chek-tâi
*** Tâi-lô: tsik-tâi
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zekdaai
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ tai²³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ tai²⁴/
*** IPA (Singapore): /t͡sek̚³²⁻⁴ tai²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zêg$^4$ dai$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsek tâi
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sek̚²⁻⁴ tai⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$tsoq-de
*** MiniDict: tsoh$^入$ de
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$tsoq-de
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡soʔ³³ de⁴⁴/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: zhou$^6$ dai$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ʈ͡ʂəu̯²⁴ tai̯¹³/
*** Sinological IPA (new-style): /t͡səu̯²⁴ tai̯¹³/

### Noun

燭臺
* candlestick; candelabrum (Classifier: 座 m)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 燭臺, 蠟臺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 燭臺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | 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 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 蠟臺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 蠟臺兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 蠟臺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 燭臺 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 蠟臺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 蠟臺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 蠟臺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 燭臺, 蠟臺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 蠟燭臺 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 蠟燭臺兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 蠟燭臺子 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 燭臺 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 蠟燭臺 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 燭臺 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 燭架, 燭托 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 燭頓 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 燭臺, 燭架 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 蠟燭臺 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 蠟座座 |
| Jin | 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 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 蠟臺 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 蠟臺 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 燭臺 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 燭臺 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 燭臺, 蠟扦, 蠟燭扦 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 燭臺 |
| Wu | Danyang | 蠟燭臺 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 蠟燭臺 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 蠟燭臺 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 蠟燭臺 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 蠟燭臺兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 燭臺, 蠟臺 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 燭臺 |

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 燭(しょく)台(だい) (shokudai)
* → Korean: 촉대(燭臺) (chokdae)