"Wax" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 打蜡 | dǎ là | to wax (a car, floor etc) |  |
| 蜡 |  là | candle / wax |  |
| 冬瓜 | dōng guā | wax gourd (Cucurbitaceae, Benincasa hispida) / white gourd / white hairy melon / Chinese squash | |
| 石蜡 | shí là | paraffin wax | |
| 白蜡 | bái là | white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela) | |
| 莲雾 | lián wù | wax apple (a reddish pear-shaped fruit) | |
| 蜡纸 | là zhǐ | wax paper / stencil paper | |
| 屎 | shǐ | stool / feces / ear wax / nasal mucus | |
| 味同嚼蜡 | wèi tóng jiáo là | tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom) / tasteless / insipid | |
| 洋蒲桃 | yáng pú táo | love apple / wax apple / Syzygium samarangense (botany) | |
| 烃蜡 | tīng là | hydrocarbon wax | |
| 白蜡虫 | bái là chóng | Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela) | |
| 石油蜡 | shí yóu là | petroleum wax | |
| 虫白蜡 | chóng bái là | white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela) | |
| 虫蜡 | chóng là | white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela) | |
| 蜡坨 | là tuó | lump of wax | |
| 蜡虫 | là chóng | Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela) | |
| 蜡疗 | là liáo | wax therapy (used to treat arthritis etc) | |
| 烛泪 | zhú lèi | drop of melted wax that runs down the side of a candle | |
