蠟筆

See also: 蜡笔

Chinese

		candle; wax	pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters
trad. (蠟筆)		蠟	筆
simp. (蜡笔)		蜡	笔

蜡笔/蜡笔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): làbǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄚˋ ㄅㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laap⁶ bat¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): la̍p-pit

  (Hailu, HRS): lab^ˋ bid

  (Meixian, Guangdong): lab⁶ bid⁵

• Jin (Wiktionary): lah⁴ bieh⁴
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): lah⁷ bih⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): la̍h-pit
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸laq-piq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: làbǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄚˋ ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: làbǐ
    • Wade–Giles: la⁴-pi³
    • Yale: là-bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lahbii
    • Palladius: лаби (labi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lä⁵¹ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: laap⁶ bat¹
    • Yale: laahp bāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laap⁹ bat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: lab⁶ bed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːp̚² pɐt̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: la̍p-pit
    • Hakka Romanization System: lab bid^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lab⁶ bid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /lap̚⁵ pit̚²/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: lab^ˋ bid
    • Sinological IPA: /lap² pit⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: lab⁶ bid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /lap̚⁵ pit̚¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: lah⁴ bieh⁴
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /laʔ²⁻⁵⁴ piəʔ²/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: lah⁷ bih⁶ [Phonetic: lah⁴ bih⁶]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: la̍h-bih
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laʔ⁴⁻⁴² piʔ²¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: lah⁷ bih⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laʔ⁴ piʔ²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍h-pit
    • Tâi-lô: la̍h-pit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: laqpid
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /la(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ pit̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /la(ʔ)²⁴⁻² pit̚⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /la(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ pit̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /la(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ pit̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /la(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ pit̚³²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸laq-piq
    • MiniDict: lah^入 pih
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵laq-piq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /laʔ¹¹ piɪʔ²³/

Noun

蠟筆

1. wax crayon (Classifier: 枝; 支)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蠟筆 (“wax crayon”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蠟筆
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	蠟筆
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	蠟筆
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	蠟筆
	Xi'an	蠟筆
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	蠟筆
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	蠟筆
	Nanning (Wuming)	蠟筆
Cantonese	Hong Kong	蠟筆
Jin	Taiyuan	蠟筆
Southern Min	Xiamen	蠟筆
	Tainan	蠟筆
Wu	Shanghai	蠟筆, 油畫棒
	Suzhou	蠟筆
	Ningbo	顏蠟筆

Derived terms

• 蠟筆畫 / 蜡笔画 (làbǐhuà)