蜜蠟

蜜蠟

See also: 蜜蝋 and 蜜蜡

Chinese

		honey	candle; wax
trad. (蜜蠟)		蜜	蠟
simp. (蜜蜡)		蜜	蜡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mìlà

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˋ ㄌㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mat⁶ laap⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): bi̍t-la̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: mìlà → mìla (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ ㄌㄚˋ → ㄇㄧˋ ˙ㄌㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mih.lah
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mìlå
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵¹⁻⁵³ lä⁵¹/ → /mi⁵¹ lä¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mat⁶ laap⁶
    • Yale: maht laahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹ laap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: med⁶ lab⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚² läːp̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bi̍t-la̍h
    • Tâi-lô: bi̍t-la̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bidlah
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bit̚⁴⁻³² laʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bit̚²⁴⁻²² laʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ laʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bit̚⁴⁻³² laʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bit̚⁴⁻³² laʔ⁴/

Noun

蜜蠟

1. beeswax
2. (uncommon) amber

Usage notes

• Sense #1 (beeswax) is usually pronounced mìlà, whilst the less common Sense #2 (amber) is usually pronounced mìla.