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蠟筆

蠟筆

See also: 蜡笔

Chinese

		candle; wax	pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters
trad. (蠟筆)		蠟	筆
simp. (蜡笔)		蜡	笔

Noun

蠟筆 (classifiers 枝 (zhī), 支 (zhī))

crayon

Derived terms

蠟筆畫／蜡笔画 (làbǐhuà)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): làbǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄚˋ ㄅㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): laap⁶ bat¹
Min Nan (POJ): la̍h-pit

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: làbǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄚˋ ㄅㄧˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lahbii
  - IPA ^(key): /la̠⁵¹ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: laap⁶ bat¹
  - Yale: laahp bāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: laap⁹ bat⁷
  - IPA ^(key): /lɑːp̚² pɐt̚⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: la̍h-pit
  - Tâi-lô: la̍h-pit
  - Phofsit Daibuun: laqpid
  - IPA (Xiamen): /la(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ pit̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /la(ʔ)²⁴⁻²² pit̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /la(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ pit̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /la(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ pit̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /la(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ pit̚³²/