Chinese symbol for “wax”
打蜡
dǎ là
Traditional: 打蠟
to wax (a car, floor etc)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for wax is 打蜡 (dǎ là), defined as: to wax (a car, floor etc).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “wax”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蜡 (蠟) | là | candle; wax |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 打蜡.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 打开 (打開) | dǎ kāi | to open; to show (a ticket) |
| 打击 (打擊) | dǎ jī | to hit; to strike |
| 打算 | dǎ suàn | to plan; to intend |
| 打电话 (打電話) | dǎ diàn huà | to make a telephone call |
| 打破 | dǎ pò | to break; to smash |
| 打败 (打敗) | dǎ bài | to defeat; to overpower |
| 蜡烛 (蠟燭) | là zhú | candle; measure word: 根 (gēn), 支 (zhī) |
| 蜡笔 (蠟筆) | là bǐ | crayon (wax type) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “wax”.
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.