蠟 (laap6) — wax; candle in Cantonese
laapˍ₆蠟简 蜡
Mandarin Pinyin: la4
Meaning of 蠟
nounwax; candle
Example Sentences with 蠟
蠟燭光照得妳好靚呀！
You look beautiful in the candlelight!
taaˉ¹她jungˍ₆用caangˊ²橙sikˉ¹色dikˉ¹的laapˍ₆蠟batˉ¹筆loiˎ₄來waakˍ₆畫taai˗₃太joengˎ₄陽
She uses an orange crayon to draw the sun.
gaa˗₃架ceˉ¹車daaˊ²打gwo˗₃過laapˍ₆蠟，lingˎ₄呤zoˊ²咗houˊ²好doˉ¹多。
The car looks shinier after waxing.
dimˊ²點laapˍ₆蠟zukˉ¹燭houˊ²好di1.啲。
It's better to light a candle.
heoi˗₃去laap˗₃蠟zoengˍ₆像gunˊ²館wo˗₃喎
Let's go to the wax museum!
Words Containing 蠟
蠟青laap6 ceng1
asphalt
彩色蠟筆coi2 sik1 laap6 bat1
(n.) coloured crayon (cl: zi1 枝)
蠟像laap6 zoeng6
wax effigy
上蠟soeng5 laap6
waxing
蠟像館laap6 zoeng6 gun2
wax/waxwork museum
元寶蠟燭jyun4 bou2 laap6 zuk1
ingot and candles (to be offered for the deceased)
頭蠟tau4 laap6
hair wax
蜜蠟mat6 laap6
beeswax, ceromel
蠟蠟靚laap3 laap3 ling3
shiny
蠟彩laap6 coi2
wax colour
蠟燭laap6 zuk1
a candle | [粵]: also 洋燭
煲蠟bou1 laap6
wax burning, burn wax, candles boiling
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