打蠟

Chinese

		beat; strike; break beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen	candle; wax
trad. (打蠟)		打	蠟
simp. (打蜡)		打	蜡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎlà

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˇ ㄌㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daa² laap⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎlà
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˇ ㄌㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎlà
    • Wade–Giles: ta³-la⁴
    • Yale: dǎ-là
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daalah
    • Palladius: дала (dala)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ lä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daa² laap⁶
    • Yale: dá laahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daa² laap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: da² lab⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taː³⁵ laːp̚²/

Verb

打⫽蠟 (verb-object)

1. to wax; to apply wax

Derived terms

• 打蠟機／打蜡机