Definition

1. Noun:
   • Candle: An object used to provide light, typically made of wax or tallow with a central wick that is lit.
   • Candlepower (obsolete): A former unit of measurement for the intensity of light, especially for electric light bulbs.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Cô ấy thắp một cây nến trên bàn ăn. (She lit a candle on the dining table.)
  • Bàn thờ có ba ngọn nến. (The altar has three candles.)
  • Chiếc đèn cũ này là loại bốn mươi nến. (This old lamp is a forty-candlepower type.)

Advanced Usage

• "nến thơm": scented candle.

  • Cô ấy thích đốt nến thơm để thư giãn. (She likes to burn scented candles to relax.)

• "nến điện": An electric candle or a lamp with a candle-like shape or brightness measured in the obsolete candlepower unit.

  • Họ trang trí bằng những cây nến điện an toàn. (They decorated with safe electric candles.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đèn nến (n): A lamp or light source whose brightness was historically measured in candlepower.
  • Cửa hàng đồ cổ bán một chiếc đèn nến. (The antique shop sells a candlepower lamp.)

Synonyms

• Candle: A cylinder of wax with a wick for lighting.
• Taper: A slender candle.
• Candlepower (archaic): Luminous intensity.

Related Idioms

• Cháy như nến: To burn brightly and steadily like a candle; often used metaphorically to describe someone working tirelessly until exhausted.

  • Anh ấy làm việc cháy như nến. (He works himself to the bone.)

• Đầu voi đuôi chuột: Literally "elephant's head, mouse's tail"; similar to the idea of something starting impressively (like a large candle) but ending weakly.

  • Dự án đó thực sự là đầu voi đuôi chuột. (That project started with a bang and ended with a whimper.)

1. Candle, wax
   • Thắp mấy ngọn nến trên bàn thờ
     To light a few candles on the altar.
2. (điện) Candle-power lamp