Crayon in Chinese (Mandarin): 蜡笔 (làbǐ)
蜡笔
làbǐ
crayon
- Simplified
- 蜡笔
- Traditional
- 蠟筆
- Pinyin
- làbǐ
- Typed as
- labi
Use it in a sentence
蜡笔软软的。
蠟筆軟軟的。
The crayon feels soft.
The characters in 蜡笔
蜡 / 蠟
Wax. 虫 (bug) is on the left, because wax came from bees.
14 strokes
笔 / 筆
Pen, brush. 竹 (bamboo) is on top, because brushes had bamboo handles.
10 strokes
蜡笔 is a "wax pen". A candle is 蜡烛 (làzhú), "wax torch".
More examples with 蜡笔
我有一盒蜡笔。
我有一盒蠟筆。
Wǒ yǒu yì hé làbǐ.
I have a box of crayons.
我用红色的蜡笔画太阳。
我用紅色的蠟筆畫太陽。
Wǒ yòng hóngsè de làbǐ huà tàiyáng.
I draw the sun with a red crayon.
How to write 蜡笔 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
蜡 14 strokes
笔 10 strokes
In Traditional characters:
蠟 21 strokes
筆 12 strokes
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