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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bi̍t-la̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mìlà → mìla (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ ㄌㄚˋ → ㄇㄧˋ ˙ㄌㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mìlå
    • Wade–Giles: mi⁴-la⁵
    • Yale: mì-la
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mih.lah
    • Palladius: мила (mila)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵¹⁻⁵³ lä⁵¹/ → /mi⁵¹ lä¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mat⁶ laap⁶
    • Yale: maht laahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹ laap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: med⁶ lab⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚² laːp̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bi̍t-la̍h
    • Tâi-lô: bi̍t-la̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bidlah
    • IPA (Taipei, 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.

Synonyms

• (beeswax):

Dialectal synonyms of 蜂蠟 (“beeswax”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蜂蠟, 黃蠟
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	蜂蠟
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	黃蠟
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	黃蠟
	Liuzhou	蜂蠟, 黃蠟
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蜜蠟
	Hong Kong	蜂蠟, 蜜蠟
Hakka	Meixian	蜂蠟
	Yudu	蜂蠟
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蜂蠟
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蜂蠟
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蜂蠟
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蜂蠟
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蜂蠟
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蜂蠟
Southern Min	Shantou	蜂蠟
Wu	Shanghai	蜜蠟
Xiang	Loudi	黃蠟

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蜜	蠟
みつ Grade: S	ろう Jinmeiyō
goon	on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 蜜蠟 – see the following entry.

【蜜蝋みつろう】 [noun] beeswax

(This term, 蜜蠟, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
蜜	蠟

Noun

蜜蠟 • (millap) (hangeul 밀랍)

1. hanja form^? of 밀랍 (“beeswax, wax”)