Character data

RADICAL ⾍ (142.15)

STROKES 21

SIMPLIFIED 蜡

蠟 là

wax; candle

蠟 là	1. wax 2. candle

Word	Meaning
倒吊蠟燭 dào diào là zhú	Wrightia tinctoria (flowering plant in Apocynaceae family, common names dyer's oleander or pala indigo)
吹燈拔蠟 chuī dēng bá là	fig. to die; to bite the dust; to be over and done with
味同嚼蠟 wèi tóng jiáo là	tasteless; insipid; tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom)
嚼蠟 jiáo là	insipid
坐蠟 zuò là	to be put in a difficult situation; to be embarrassed
打蠟 dǎ là	to wax (a car, floor etc)
斑翅擬蠟嘴雀 bān chì nǐ là zuǐ què	(bird species of China) spot-winged grosbeak (Mycerobas melanozanthos)
烴蠟 tīng là	hydrocarbon wax
白斑翅擬蠟嘴雀 bái bān chì nǐ là zuǐ què	white-winged grosbeak bird of China
白蠟 bái là	white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
白蠟樹 bái là shù	Chinese ash tree
白蠟蟲 bái là chóng	Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
石油蠟 shí yóu là	petroleum wax
石蠟 shí là	paraffin wax
耳蠟 ěr là	earwax; cerumen
蜂蠟 fēng là	beeswax
蜜蠟 mì là	beeswax
蟲白蠟 chóng bái là	white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
蟲蠟 chóng là	white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
蠟像館 là xiàng guǎn	museum of waxwork figures; waxworks
蠟坨 là tuó	lump of wax
蠟坨兒 là tuó r	erhua variant of 蜡坨là tuó
蠟坨子 là tuó zi	erhua variant of 蜡坨là tuó
蠟扦 là qiān	candlestick with a spike, onto which candles are impaled
蠟染 là rǎn	batik (color printing on cloth using wax)

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