HSK 6 · Objects

蜡烛 làzhú “candle” in Chinese

Traditional 蠟燭

What 蜡烛 means

  1. candle

Measure word 根 gēn or 支 zhī · 一根蜡烛 yì gēn làzhú

How to say 蜡烛

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale蜡là4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale烛zhú2nd tone, rising

蜡烛 in a sentence

  1. 他吹灭了蜡烛。

    Tā chuīmiè le làzhú.

    He blew out the candle.

    Sentence #1335401 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你们有蜡烛吗？

    Nǐmen yǒu làzhú ma?

    Do you have any candles?

    Sentence #10270484 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 许个愿，然后吹熄蜡烛吧。

    Xǔ ge yuàn, ránhòu chuīxī làzhú ba.

    Make a wish and blow out the candles.

    Sentence #340134 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 蜡烛 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 蜡 (là) with each of its parts in a different colour
蜡làcandle
  • 虫insect · chóngMeaning part
  • 昔past · xīSound part

虫 hints at the meaning (insect); 昔 (xī) hints at the sound. Compare it with là.

The character 烛 (zhú) with each of its parts in a different colour
烛zhúcandle
  • 火fire · huǒMeaning part
  • 虫insect · chóngSound part

火 hints at the meaning (fire); 虫 (chóng) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhú.

How to write 蜡烛

蜡 14 strokes · 烛 10 strokes

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蜡烛 (làzhú) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 蜡烛 (làzhú). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

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FAQs

蜡烛 (làzhú) means “candle”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it làzhú: là with a 4th tone, then zhú with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 蜡烛 is written 蠟燭. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 根 (gēn) or 支 (zhī). For example, one candle is 一根蜡烛 (yì gēn làzhú).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type lazhu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 蜡烛 from the suggestions. Typing lazhu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
蜡烛 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.