風燭

Chinese

		wind; news; style wind; news; style; custom; manner	candle
trad. (風燭)		風	燭
simp. (风烛)		风	烛

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fēngzhú

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄥㄓㄨˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fēngzhú
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄥㄓㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fongjhú
  - Wade–Giles: fêng¹-chu²
  - Yale: fēng-jú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fengjwu
  - Palladius: фэнчжу (fɛnčžu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/

Noun

風燭

(literally) candle in the wind
(figuratively) aged (of someone); declining (of something)

Derived terms

風燭殘年／风烛残年 (fēngzhúcánnián)
風燭草露／风烛草露

Further reading

Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “風燭” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

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