| 蠟 | [ là  ]    candle, wax | 
| 蠟像館 | [ là xiàng guǎn  ]    waxworks, museum of waxwork figures | 
| 蠟坨 | [ là tuó  ]    lump of wax | 
| 蠟坨兒 | [ là tuó  ]    erhua variant of 蠟坨|蜡坨[la4 tuo2] | 
| 蠟坨子 | [ là tuó zi  ]    erhua variant of 蠟坨|蜡坨[la4 tuo2] | 
| 蠟扦 | [ là qiān  ]    candlestick with a spike, onto which candles are impaled | 
| 蠟染 | [ là rǎn  ]    batik (color printing on cloth using wax) | 
| 蠟梅 | [ là meí  ]    variant of 臘梅|腊梅[la4 mei2] | 
| 蠟樣芽孢桿菌 | [ là yàng yá baō gǎn jūn  ]    (microbiology) Bacillus cereus | 
| 蠟炬 | [ là jù  ]    (literary) candle | 
| 蠟燭 | [ là zhú  ]    candle, CL:根[gen1],支[zhi1] | 
| 蠟燭不點不亮 | [ là zhú bù diǎn bù liàng  ]    some people have to be pushed for them to take action | 
| 蠟燭兩頭燒 | [ là zhú liǎng toú shaō  ]    to burn the candle at both ends (idiom), to labor under a double burden | 
| 蠟療 | [ là  ]    wax therapy (used to treat arthritis etc) | 
| 蠟筆 | [ là bǐ  ]    crayon | 
| 蠟筆小新 | [ là bǐ xīn  ]    Crayon Shin-chan (クレヨンしんちゃん), Japanese manga and anime series popular in China | 
| 蠟紙 | [ là zhǐ  ]    wax paper, stencil paper | 
| 蠟臺 | [ là taí  ]    candlestick, candle holder | 
| 蠟蟲 | [ là chóng  ]    Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela) | 
| 蠟質 | [ là zhì  ]    waxiness | 
| ⇒ 倒吊蠟燭 | [ daò là zhú  ]    Wrightia tinctoria (flowering plant in Apocynaceae family, common names dyer's oleander or pala indigo) | 
| ⇒ 吹燈拔蠟 | [ chuī dēng bá là  ]    lit. to blow out the lamp and put out the candle (idiom), fig. to die, to bite the dust, to be over and done with | 
| ⇒ 味同嚼蠟 | [ weì tóng là  ]    tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom), tasteless, insipid | 
| ⇒ 嚼蠟 | [ là  ]    insipid | 
| ⇒ 坐蠟 | [ zuò là  ]    to be embarrassed, to be put in a difficult situation | 
| ⇒ 打蠟 | [ dǎ là  ]    to wax (a car, floor etc) | 
| ⇒ 斑翅擬蠟嘴雀 | [ bān chì nǐ là zuǐ què  ]    (bird species of China) spot-winged grosbeak (Mycerobas melanozanthos) | 
| ⇒ 烴蠟 | [ tīng là  ]    hydrocarbon wax | 
| ⇒ 白斑翅擬蠟嘴雀 | [ baí bān chì nǐ là zuǐ què  ]    (bird species of China) white-winged grosbeak (Mycerobas carnipes) | 
| ⇒ 白蠟 | [ baí là  ]    white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela) | 
| ⇒ 白蠟樹 | [ baí là shù  ]    Chinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis), whose bark, flowers and leaves are used in TCM | 
| ⇒ 白蠟蟲 | [ baí là chóng  ]    Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela) | 
| ⇒ 石油蠟 | [ shí yoú là  ]    petroleum wax | 
| ⇒ 石蠟 | [ shí là  ]    paraffin wax | 
| ⇒ 耳蠟 | [ ěr là  ]    earwax, cerumen | 
| ⇒ 蜂蠟 | [ fēng là  ]    beeswax | 
| ⇒ 蜜蠟 | [ mì là  ]    beeswax | 
| ⇒ 蟲白蠟 | [ chóng baí là  ]    white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela) | 
| ⇒ 蟲蠟 | [ chóng là  ]    white wax from Chinese white wax bug (Ericerus pela) | 
| ⇒ 錫蠟 | [ xī là  ]    pewter (alloy of tin 錫|锡, lead 鉛|铅 and other metals) | 
| ⇒ 髮蠟 | [ fà là  ]    pomade | 
| ⇒ 黃蠟 | [ huáng là  ]    beeswax | 
| ⇒ 黃頸擬蠟嘴雀 | [ huáng jǐng nǐ là zuǐ què  ]    (bird species of China) collared grosbeak (Mycerobas affinis) | 
| ⇒ 黑尾蠟嘴雀 | [ heī weǐ là zuǐ què  ]    (bird species of China) Chinese grosbeak (Eophona migratoria) | 
| ⇒ 黑頭蠟嘴雀 | [ heī toú là zuǐ què  ]    (bird species of China) Japanese grosbeak (Eophona personata) |