蜡烛

là zhú · la zhu

Traditional 蠟燭

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. candle
  2. CL:根 (gēn),支 (zhī)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

洗(xǐ)手(shǒu)台(tái)上(shàng)有(yǒu)一(yí)个(gè)红(hóng)色(sè)的(de)蜡(là)烛(zhú)。

There's a red candle on top of the bathroom sink.

Tatoeba: Chinese by crescat · English by jathonjet · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

蜡(là)烛(zhú)没(méi)有(yǒu)了(le)芯(xīn),就(jiù)不(bù)能(néng)算(suàn)是(shì)蜡(là)烛(zhú)了(le)。

A candle without a wick is no candle at all.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by darinmex · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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