蜡 (蠟) là

1. là noun wax; beeswax
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '蠟'; Guoyu '蠟' n 1; Kroll 2015 '蠟' 2, p. 250; Unihan '蠟'; Wikipedia '蜡')
2. là verb to wax; to smear with wax
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '蠟' v)
3. là noun candle
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '蠟'; Guoyu '蠟' n 2; Kroll 2015 '蠟' 2a, p. 250; Unihan '蠟')
4. là adjective waxy; glazed
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '蠟' adj; Unihan '蠟')

Contained in

• 打蜡(打蠟) to wax (a car, floor etc)
• 蜂蜡(蜂蠟) beeswax
• 蜡疗(蠟療) wax therapy (used to treat arthritis etc)
• 白蜡虫(白蠟蟲) Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
• 坐蜡(坐蠟) to be embarrassed; to be put in a difficult situation
• 蜡扦(蠟扦) candlestick with a spike, onto which candles are impaled
• 蜡质(蠟質) waxiness
• 蜡纸(蠟紙) wax paper; stencil paper
• 黄颈拟蜡嘴雀(黃頸擬蠟嘴雀) collared grosbeak (Mycerobas affinis)
• 蜡坨(蠟坨) lump of wax
• 吹灯拔蜡(吹燈拔蠟) to blow out the lamp and put out the candle; to die; to bite the dust; to be over and done with
• 蜡坨子(蠟坨子) lump of wax
• 白蜡(白蠟) white wax
• 石油蜡(石油蠟) petroleum wax
• 黄蜡(黃蠟) beeswax
• 锡蜡(錫蠟) pewter
• 烃蜡(烴蠟) hydrocarbon wax
• 蜡烛稗(蠟燭稗) pearl millet
• 石蜡(石蠟) paraffin wax
• 白斑翅拟蜡嘴雀(白斑翅擬蠟嘴雀) white-winged grosbeak (Mycerobas carnipes)
• 味同嚼蜡(味同嚼蠟) tastes as if one is chewing wax ; tasteless; insipid
• 白蜡树(白蠟樹) Chinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis), whose bark, flowers and leaves are used in TCM
• 虫蜡(蟲蠟) white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
• 蜡台(蠟臺) candlestick; candle holder
• 蜡笔小新(蠟筆小新) Crayon Shin-chan, Japanese manga and anime series popular in China
• 斑翅拟蜡嘴雀(斑翅擬蠟嘴雀) spot-winged grosbeak (Mycerobas melanozanthos)
• 黑尾蜡嘴雀(黑尾蠟嘴雀) Chinese grosbeak (Eophona migratoria)
• 蜡虫(蠟蟲) Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
• 发蜡(髮蠟) pomade
• 蜡像馆(蠟像館) waxworks; museum of waxwork figures
• 蜡烛不点不亮(蠟燭不點不亮) some people have to be pushed for them to take action
• 耳蜡(耳蠟) earwax; cerumen
• 蜡烛(蠟燭) candle
• 蜡坨儿(蠟坨兒) a lump of wax
• 黑头蜡嘴雀(黑頭蠟嘴雀) Japanese grosbeak (Eophona personata)
• 倒吊蜡烛(倒吊蠟燭) Wrightia tinctoria (flowering plant in Apocynaceae family, common names dyer's oleander or pala indigo)
• 嚼蜡(嚼蠟) insipid
• 虫白蜡(蟲白蠟) white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela)
• 蜡笺(蠟箋) waxed paper
• 蜡烛两头烧(蠟燭兩頭燒) to burn the candle at both ends; to labor under a double burden
• 蜡炬(蠟炬) candle
• 蜜蜡(蜜蠟) beeswax

Also contained in

蜡染 、 蜡染花 、 蜡笔

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• 卷一百〇三 志第五十六 禮六 Volume 103 Treatises 56: Rites 6 History of Song 宋史 — count: 25
• 卷7 　志第2　禮儀二 Volume 7 Treatises 2: Rites 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 10
• 卷一百三十七 志第九十 樂十二 Volume 137 Treatises 90: Music 12 History of Song 宋史 — count: 10
• 卷四十　　　　　志第三十　　　地理四 Volume 40 Treatises 34: Gepgraphy 4 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 9
• 卷一百十三　列傳第四十三: 逆臣中 Volume 113 Biographies 43: Rebellious Officials 2 History of Liao 遼史 — count: 8
• 卷四十一　　　　志第三十一　　地理五 Volume 41 Treatises 35: Gepgraphy 5 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 8
• 卷四 　本紀第四:　太宗下 Volume 4 Annals 4: Taizong 2 History of Liao 遼史 — count: 8
• 卷二十四 本紀第二十四 高宗一 Volume 24 Annals 24: Gaozong 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 6
• 卷九十八 志第五十一 禮一 Volume 98 Treatises 51: Rites 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 5
• 卷三十 志第十: 音樂三 Volume 30 Treatises 10: Music 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 5

Collocations

• 蜡书 (蠟書) 縱請為蠟書 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷一百二十 列傳第七十: 郭子儀 Volume 120 Biographies 70: Guo Ziyi — count: 23
• 蜡祭 (蠟祭) 明日乃蠟祭於南郊 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷7 　志第2　禮儀二 Volume 7 Treatises 2: Rites 2 — count: 20
• 蜡丸 (蠟丸) 縱裂帛寫詔置蠟丸中 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷一百十四 列傳第六十四: 魯炅 裴茙 來瑱 周智光 Volume 114 Biographies 64: Lu Jiong, Pei Rong, Lai Zhen, Zhou Zhiguan — count: 14
• 蜡二百 (蠟二百) 蠟二百斤 — Book of Southern Qi 南齊書, 卷二十三 列傳第四 褚淵 淵弟澄 徐嗣 王儉 Volume 23 Biographies 4: Chu Yuan, Yuan Dicheng, Xu Si, Wang Jian — count: 12
• 蜡三百 (蠟三百) 蠟三百斤 — Book of Southern Qi 南齊書, 卷二十四 列傳第五 柳世隆 張瑰 Volume 24 Biographies 5: Liu Shilong, Zhang Gui — count: 10
• 蜡百 (蠟百) 蠟百斤 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷十五 列傳第九 謝朏 弟子覽 Volume 15: Xie Fei; Xie Lan — count: 8
• 赍蜡 (齎蠟) 閣門祗候侯章齎蠟書至自京師 — History of Song 宋史, 卷二十四 本紀第二十四 高宗一 Volume 24 Annals 24: Gaozong 1 — count: 6
• 大蜡 (大蠟) 天子大蜡八 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《郊特牲》 The Single Victim at the Border Sacrifices — count: 6
• 八蜡 (八蠟) 八蜡以記四方 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《郊特牲》 The Single Victim at the Border Sacrifices — count: 5
• 漆蜡 (漆蠟) 時詔賻溫錢布漆蠟等物 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷七十四 列傳第四十四 桓彝 Volume 74 Biographies 44: Huan Yi — count: 5