蜡像

蠟像

làxiàng

noun #25,988

Measure Word

一座蜡像 zuò

Meanings

1 wax figure
2 waxwork

Characters

image; likeness; portrait

Examples

HSK 5

博物馆里有许多名人蜡像。

Bówùguǎn lǐ yǒu xǔduō míngrén làxiàng.

The museum has many wax figures of famous people.

HSK 6

他的蜡像被放在蜡像馆展览。

Tā de làxiàng bèi fàngzài làxiàngguǎn zhǎnlǎn.

His wax figure is on display at the wax museum.

Tips

memory

蜡 (wax) + 像 (image/likeness) = a waxen image. Think of Madame Tussauds - 蜡 sounds like 'la' as in the candle wax used to sculpt them.

Stroke Order

蜡 là

像 xiàng