蠟

là

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

How to write 蠟, stroke by stroke

candle; wax

Pictophonetic: semantic 虫 (insect), phonetic 巤

Made of 虫 + 巤

蠟燭là zhúcandle
蠟筆là bǐcrayon
打蠟dǎ làto wax (a car, floor etc)
坐蠟zuò làto be embarrassed; to be put in a difficult situation
滴蠟dī là(BDSM) wax play
白蠟bái làwhite wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
白蠟樹bái là shùChinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis), whose bark, flowers and leaves are used in TCM
白蠟蟲bái là chóngChinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
石油蠟shí yóu làpetroleum wax
石蠟shí làparaffin wax
耳蠟ěr làearwax; cerumen
蜂蠟fēng làbeeswax

蠟燭沒有了芯，就不能算是蠟燭了。
là zhú méi yǒu le xīn ， jiù bù néng suàn shì là zhú le 。
A candle without a wick is no candle at all.
你們有蠟燭嗎？
nǐ mén yǒu là zhú má ？
Do you have any candles?
母親在我的生日蛋糕上插上了十三枝蠟燭。
mǔ qīn zài wǒ de shēng rì dàn gāo shàng chā shàng le shí sān zhī là zhú 。
My mother put thirteen candles on my birthday cake.
許個願，然後吹熄蠟燭吧。
xū gè yuàn ， rán hòu chuī xī là zhú ba 。
Make a wish and blow out the candles.
把蠟燭點燃。
bǎ là zhú diǎn rán 。
Light the candle.