蜡 meaning in English

là

candle; wax

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 蠟14 strokes

Meaning of 蜡

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là

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

蜡là烛zhú是shì自zì己jǐ熄xī灭miè的de，而ér不bú是shì被bèi扑pū灭miè的de。

The candle went out instead of having been put out.

蜡là烛zhú自zì然rán熄xī灭miè。

The candle went out by itself.

电diàn使shǐ蜡là烛zhú在zài我wǒ们men的de生shēng活huó中zhōng变biàn得de没méi什shén么me用yòng了le。

Electricity made candles of little use in our life.

你nǐ记jì得de自zì己jǐ该gāi买mǎi蜡là烛zhú吗ma？

Did you remember that you were supposed to buy candles?

灯dēng灭miè了le，汤tāng姆mǔ点diǎn起qǐ了le蜡là烛zhú。

When the lights went out, Tom lit a candle.

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Words that share a character with 蜡.

蜡烛	làzhú	candle
蜡笔	làbǐ	crayon (wax type)

What does 蜡 mean?

蜡 (là) means "candle; wax" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 蜡?

蜡 is made of 1 character: 蜡 (14 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.

Is 蜡 an HSK word?

Yes. 蜡 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 蜡 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 蜡 is written 蠟.