"Crayon" is the Engpsh equivalent of "蜡笔".
It comes from the French word "craie" which means "chalk", and was first used as an oil pastel stick in the 1700s before being made into the wax stick we know today.
Example sentences in Engpsh:
Can you pass me a blue crayon?
I love to draw with crayons because they are easy to use.
The pttle girl used a rainbow of crayons to color her picture.
Example sentences in Chinese:
你能给我一根蓝色的蜡笔吗？
我喜欢用蜡笔画画，因为它们很好用。
小女孩用各种颜色的蜡笔涂色。