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蜡

là

wax; candle; waxy, glazed; maggot; (same as 䄍) meaning imperial harvest

Shadow
Strokes
14
Radical
虫
HSK
5
Tone
4

Other readings: qù

Traditional form: 蠟

Stroke order

Example sentences

  • 你记得自己该买蜡烛吗？

    Nǐ jì de zì jǐ gāi mǎi là zhú ma

    Did you remember that you were supposed to buy candles?

  • 洗手台上有一个红色的蜡烛。

    Xǐ shǒu tái shàng yǒu yī gè hóng sè de là zhú

    There's a red candle on top of the bathroom sink.

  • 蜡烛自己灭了。

    Là zhú zì jǐ miè le

    The candle went out by itself.

  • 电使蜡烛在我们的生活中变得没什么用了。

    Diàn shǐ là zhú zài wǒ men de shēng huó zhōng biàn de méi shén me yòng le

    Electricity made candles of little use in our life.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 蜡

  • 蜡烛là zhú 4–2 candle
  • 蜡là 4candle; wax