蜡 (là) is a Chinese word meaning “candle; wax”.
Meanings
- 1candle
- 2wax
- Part of speech
- noun
Related words
蜡烛candle蜡笔crayon (wax type)蜡像waxwork; wax figure打蜡to wax (a car, floor etc)蜡像馆wax museum; waxworks石蜡paraffin wax蜡纸wax paper发蜡pomade味同嚼蜡lit. tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom)白蜡white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)蜂蜡beeswax白蜡树Chinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis), whose bark, flowers and leaves are used in TCM