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蜡

là

HSK 6 Character Traditional 蠟

What 蜡 means

1. candle
2. wax

Example sentences

• 把蜡烛点燃。
  Bǎ làzhú diǎnrán.
  Light the candle.
• 肯点燃了蜡烛。
  Kěn diǎnrán le làzhú.
  Ken lighted the candles.
• 蜡烛自然熄灭。
  Làzhú zìrán xīmiè.
  The candle went out by itself.
• 蜡烛自己灭了。
  The candle went out by itself.
• 他吹灭了蜡烛。
  He blew out the candle.
• 你们有蜡烛吗？
  Do you have any candles?

Words starting with 蜡

• 蜡烛là zhúcandle
• 蜡笔là bǐcrayon (wax type)
• 蜡染là rǎnbatik (color printing on cloth using wax)
• 蜡像là xiàngwaxwork; wax figure
• 蜡疗là liáowax therapy (used to treat arthritis etc)
• 蜡纸là zhǐwax paper; stencil paper
• 蜡台là táicandlestick; candle holder
• 蜡虫là chóngChinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
• 蜡质là zhìwaxiness
• 蜡像馆là xiàng guǎnwax museum; waxworks
• 蜡笔小新Là bǐ Xiǎo XīnCrayon Shin-chan, manga and anime series
• 蜡烛两头烧là zhú liǎng tóu shāoto burn the candle at both ends (idiom); to labor under a double burden
• 蜡烛不点不亮là zhú bù diǎn bù liàngsome people have to be pushed for them to take action
• 蜡炬là jù(literary) candle
• 蜡样芽孢杆菌là yàng yá bāo gǎn jūn(microbiology) Bacillus cereus
• 蜡扦là qiāncandlestick with a spike, onto which candles are impaled
• 蜡梅là méivariant of 腊梅

Words containing 蜡

• 坐蜡zuò làto be embarrassed; to be put in a difficult situation
• 打蜡dǎ làto wax (a car, floor etc)
• 滴蜡dī là(BDSM) wax play
• 白蜡bái làwhite wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
• 石蜡shí làparaffin wax
• 耳蜡ěr làearwax; cerumen
• 蜂蜡fēng làbeeswax
• 蜜蜡mì làbeeswax
• 虫蜡chóng làwhite wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
• 锡蜡xī làpewter (alloy of tin 锡, lead 铅 and other metals)
• 发蜡fà làpomade
• 黄蜡huáng làbeeswax
• 白蜡树bái là shùChinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis), whose bark, flowers and leaves are used in TCM
• 白蜡虫bái là chóngChinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
• 石油蜡shí yóu làpetroleum wax
• 虫白蜡chóng bái làwhite wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
• 吹灯拔蜡chuī dēng bá làlit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom); fig. to die; to bite the dust
• 黑尾蜡嘴雀hēi wěi là zuǐ què(bird species of China) Chinese grosbeak (Eophona migratoria)
• 黑头蜡嘴雀hēi tóu là zuǐ què(bird species of China) Japanese grosbeak (Eophona personata)
• 黄颈拟蜡嘴雀huáng jǐng nǐ là zuǐ què(bird species of China) collared grosbeak (Mycerobas affinis)
• 斑翅拟蜡嘴雀bān chì nǐ là zuǐ què(bird species of China) spot-winged grosbeak (Mycerobas melanozanthos)
• 白翅拟蜡嘴雀bái chì nǐ là zuǐ què(bird species of China) white-winged grosbeak (Mycerobas carnipes)
• 倒吊蜡烛dào diào là zhúWrightia tinctoria…
• 烃蜡tīng làhydrocarbon wax

Characters that look like 蜡

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 精jīngessence; extract; vitality
• 槽cáotrough; manger; groove
• 睹dǔto observe; to see
• 蝗huánglocust
• 蜻qīngsee 蜻蜓
• 榷quèfootbridge; toll, levy; monopoly

Sounds the same

Read là, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 辣hot (spicy); pungent; (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting
• 腊ancient practice of offering sacrifices to the gods in the 12th lunar month…
• 落to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring
• 剌perverse; unreasonable; absurd
• 拉used in 拉拉蛄; variant of 落
• 瘌scabies; scald-head
• 镴solder; tin
• 蝲used in 蝲蛄; used in 蝲蝲蛄
• 攋to destroy; to rip; to tear open
• 楋(archaic) species of tree mentioned in ancient texts
• 鬎bald; scabby
• 䗶old variant of 蜡