Chinese symbol for “pewter”
白镴
bái là
Traditional: 白鑞
pewter; solder
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pewter is 白镴 (bái là), defined as: pewter; solder.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “pewter”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 锡蜡 (錫蠟) | xī là | pewter (alloy of tin 錫|锡, lead 鉛|铅 and other metals) |
| 锡铅 (錫鉛) | xī qiān | pewter (tin alloy) |
| 锡镴 (錫鑞) | xī là | pewter (alloy of tin 錫|锡, lead 鉛|铅 and other metals) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 白镴.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 明白 | míng bai | clear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable |
| 白色 | bái sè | white; fig. reactionary |
| 白人 | bái rén | white man or woman; Caucasian |
| 白天 | bái tiān | daytime; during the day |
| 白痴 | bái chī | idiocy; idiot |
| 空白 | kòng bái | blank space |
| 锡镴 (錫鑞) | xī là | pewter (alloy of tin 錫|锡, lead 鉛|铅 and other metals) |
| 镴箔 (鑞箔) | là bó | thin foil to make paper money for the dead |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pewter”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.