白蠟

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	candle; wax
trad. (白蠟)		白	蠟
simp. (白蜡)		白	蜡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): báilà

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄌㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ laap⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pe̍h-la̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: báilà
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄌㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: báilà
    • Wade–Giles: pai²-la⁴
    • Yale: bái-là
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairlah
    • Palladius: байла (bajla)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ lä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak⁶ laap⁶
    • Yale: baahk laahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ laap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ lab⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² laːp̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pe̍h-la̍h
    • Tâi-lô: pe̍h-la̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: peqlah
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ laʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pe(ʔ)²⁴⁻² laʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pe(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ laʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ laʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pe(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ laʔ⁴/

Noun

白蠟

1. whitewax

Derived terms

• 白蠟樹／白蜡树 (báilàshù)
• 白蠟蟲／白蜡虫 (báilàchóng)