la4
candle; wax

strokes 14
radical
strokes after radical 8
白斑翅拟蜡嘴雀 白斑翅擬蠟嘴雀 bai2 ban1 chi4 ni3 la4 zui3 que4
(bird species of China) white-winged grosbeak (Mycerobas carnipes)

白蜡 白蠟 bai2 la4
white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)

白蜡虫 白蠟蟲 bai2 la4 chong2
Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)

白蜡树 白蠟樹 bai2 la4 shu4
Chinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis), whose bark, flowers and leaves are used in TCM

斑翅拟蜡嘴雀 斑翅擬蠟嘴雀 ban1 chi4 ni3 la4 zui3 que4
(bird species of China) spot-winged grosbeak (Mycerobas melanozanthos)

虫白蜡 蟲白蠟 chong2 bai2 la4
white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)

虫蜡 蟲蠟 chong2 la4
white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)

吹灯拔蜡 吹燈拔蠟 chui1 deng1 ba2 la4
lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom); fig. to die; to bite the dust; to be over and done with

打蜡 打蠟 da3 la4
to wax (a car, floor etc)

倒吊蜡烛 倒吊蠟燭 dao4 diao4 la4 zhu2
Wrightia tinctoria (flowering plant in Apocynaceae family, common names dyer's oleander or pala indigo)

耳蜡 耳蠟 er3 la4
earwax; cerumen

发蜡 髮蠟 fa4 la4
pomade

蜂蜡 蜂蠟 feng1 la4
beeswax

黑头蜡嘴雀 黑頭蠟嘴雀 hei1 tou2 la4 zui3 que4
(bird species of China) Japanese grosbeak (Eophona personata)

黑尾蜡嘴雀 黑尾蠟嘴雀 hei1 wei3 la4 zui3 que4
(bird species of China) Chinese grosbeak (Eophona migratoria)

黄颈拟蜡嘴雀 黃頸擬蠟嘴雀 huang2 jing3 ni3 la4 zui3 que4
(bird species of China) collared grosbeak (Mycerobas affinis)

黄蜡 黃蠟 huang2 la4
beeswax

嚼蜡 嚼蠟 jiao2 la4
insipid

蜡笔 蠟筆 la4 bi3
crayon

蜡笔小新 蠟筆小新 la4 bi3 xiao3 xin1
Crayon Shin-chan (クレヨンしんちゃん), Japanese manga and anime series popular in China

蜡虫 蠟蟲 la4 chong2
Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)

蜡疗 蠟療 la4 liao2
wax therapy (used to treat arthritis etc)

蜡梅 蠟梅 la4 mei2
variant of 臘梅|腊梅

蜡扦 蠟扦 la4 qian1
candlestick with a spike, onto which candles are impaled

蜡染 蠟染 la4 ran3
batik (color printing on cloth using wax)

蜡台 蠟臺 la4 tai2
candlestick; candle holder

蜡坨 蠟坨 la4 tuo2
lump of wax

蜡坨儿 蠟坨兒 la4 tuo2 er5
erhua variant of 蠟坨|蜡坨

蜡坨子 蠟坨子 la4 tuo2 zi5
erhua variant of 蠟坨|蜡坨

蜡像馆 蠟像館 la4 xiang4 guan3
waxworks; museum of waxwork figures

蜡纸 蠟紙 la4 zhi3
wax paper; stencil paper

蜡质 蠟質 la4 zhi4
waxiness

蜡烛 蠟燭 la4 zhu2
candle

蜡烛不点不亮 蠟燭不點不亮 la4 zhu2 bu4 dian3 bu4 liang4
some people have to be pushed for them to take action

蜡烛两头烧 蠟燭兩頭燒 la4 zhu2 liang3 tou2 shao1
to burn the candle at both ends (idiom); to labor under a double burden

蜜蜡 蜜蠟 mi4 la4
beeswax

石蜡 石蠟 shi2 la4
paraffin wax

石油蜡 石油蠟 shi2 you2 la4
petroleum wax

烃蜡 烴蠟 ting1 la4
hydrocarbon wax

味同嚼蜡 味同嚼蠟 wei4 tong2 jiao2 la4
tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom); tasteless; insipid

锡蜡 錫蠟 xi1 la4
pewter (alloy of tin 錫|锡, lead 鉛|铅 and other metals)

坐蜡 坐蠟 zuo4 la4
to be embarrassed; to be put in a difficult situation