# 蜡烛 (làzhú)

In Mandarin Chinese, 蜡烛 (làzhú) means “candle”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: candle
- Pinyin: làzhú (la4 zhu2)
- Traditional: 蠟燭
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6
- Measure word: 根、支

## Examples

- 停电了，我们只好点起蜡烛。
  Tíngdiàn le, wǒmen zhǐhǎo diǎnqǐ làzhú.
  The power went out, so we had to light candles.

## Characters

- [蜡](https://hanziro.com/word/la-wax/) (là): wax; candle
- 烛 (zhú): candle; to illuminate

https://hanziro.com/word/la-zhu-candle/

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