How to write 蠟

蠟 là 〈名〉 1. The oil substance produced by animals, plants, or minerals, which is malleable, easy to melt, insoluble in water, and soluble in carbon disulfide and benzene. Example: Stone wax, bee wax, wax plate, wax pen, wax therapy, wax dyeing, wax man, wax paper, wax candle, wax yellow (describing a color as yellow as wax), wax pill. 引用: 杜牧《贈別》：蠟燭有心還惜別，替人垂淚到天明。(Translation: The candle has feelings and cherishes parting, weeping for others until dawn.) 例子: 蠟圓 (wax pill); 蠟彈 (wax pill, sealed with wax); 蠟查 (wax residue, residue of white wax or yellow wax). 2. A shortened term for candle. 引用: 李商隱《無題》：蠟炬成灰淚始幹。(Translation: The wax torch turns to ash before the tears dry.) 例子: 蠟火 (the flame of a candle); 蠟煙 (the smoke of a candle); 蠟紅 (the flower of a candle); 蠟香 (the scent produced when burning a candle); 蠟光 (the light of a candle). 蠟 là 〈動〉 To apply wax (English: wax; polish). 例子: 蠟引 (applying wax to paper or fabric to prevent water from soaking); 蠟本 (a painting traced on silk coated with wax); 蠟紙 (paper with a wax coating on the surface).