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Lán

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Lán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Lán | Lan2
English translation
surname Lan
blue
indigo plant
blue; indigo plant; surname

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About Lán

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

lán

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

plant

Etymology of Lán

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹监

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

jiān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. cǎo represents the meaning and jiān represents the sound. Simplified form of lán .

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Example sentences using Lán

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de 女伴 nǚ bàn 身体 shēntǐ shāo ǎi , 头发 tóufa dàn 褐色 hè sè ,富于 fù yú 表情 biǎoqíng yǒu Shuāng Lán 眼睛 yǎnjing .

Her companion was of lower stature, with lightbrown hair and expressive blue eyes.

Lán què 相信 xiāngxìn , ér dōng Měi 要求 yāoqiú 输入 shūrù de 名字 míngzi sòng 出去 chū qù .

Fuyumi asks Ai to write her name and send it out.

shào zhàn 建设 jiànshè 研究 yánjiū 蓝图 lán tú 应用 yìngyòng shí 计算 jìsuàn 损耗 sǔn hào 系数 xì shù .

Wastage is now applied to Outpost construction platform blueprints.

富兰慌乱 huāng luàn de Cóng 裤兜里拉 lǐ lā chū tiáo 肮脏 āng zāng de Lán 手帕 shǒu pà .

Frank jerked a dirty blue handkerchief from his trousers pocket.

现在 xiànzài 一种 yī zhǒng 印花 yìn huā 手帕 shǒu pà 仍旧 réngjiù zhǐ rǎn Chéng 蓝色 lán sè huò 红色 hóng sè .

Bandanna handkerchiefs, too, are still made only in blue or red.

Words with Lán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
Lán blue lán
蓝色 lán sè blue (color)藍色
蓝天 lán tiān blue sky藍天
蓝图 lán tú blueprint藍圖
蔚蓝 wèilán azure蔚藍
蓝宝石 lán bǎo shí sapphire藍寶石
甘蓝 gān lán cabbage甘藍
蓝领 lán lǐng blue-collar藍領
湛蓝 zhàn lán azure湛藍
蓝本 lán běn blueprint藍本
蓝皮书 lán pí shū an official report (e.g. governmental)藍皮書
天蓝 tiān lán sky blue天藍
天蓝色 tiān lán sè azure天藍色
蓝藻 lán zǎo cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)藍藻
蓝山 Lán shān Lanshan county in Yongzhou 永州 Yǒng zhōu [Yǒng​zhōu], Hunan藍山
板蓝根 bǎn lán gēn indigo woad root板藍根
碧蓝 bì lán dark blue碧藍
蓝田 Lán tián Lantian county in Xi'an 西安 Xī ān [Xī​'ān], Shaanxi藍田
蓝鲸 lán jīng blue whale藍鯨
深蓝 Shēn lán Deep Blue, chess-playing computer, first to defeat reigning world champion, developed by IBM (1985-1997)深藍
蓝光 Lán guāng Blu-ray (disc format)藍光
海军蓝 hǎi jūn lán navy blue海軍藍

Lán Decomposition & Compounds

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Lán Decomposition

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