蓝 Lán

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Number of strokes

Traditional form

藍 lán

Contains the radical

艹 cǎo

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

plant

Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿱艹监

Semantic compound

艹 cǎo

Phonetic compound

监 jiān

Explanation

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

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我 wǒ 总 zǒng 是 shì 分不清 Qīng 苏珊 Sū shān 和 hé 伊冯,因为 yīnwèi 他们 tā men 都 dōu 是 shì 白 Bái 皮肤 pífū ,黄 Huáng 头发 tóufa ,蓝 Lán 眼睛 yǎnjing .

I always mix Susan up with Yvonne because they are both blonde.

蓝 Lán 衣服 yīfu 和 hé 红褐色短袜 duǎn wà ! 他 tā 又 yòu 搞 gǎo 错 Cuò 了 le .

Blue suit and reddish - brown socks! He had fouled up again.

今天 jīntiān 早上 zǎoshang 的 de 天空 tiānkōng 是 shì 幅 fú 蓝 Lán 白 Bái 相间 xiāng jiàn 的 de 画面 huà miàn .

The sky this morning is a mosaic of blue and white.

他 tā 穿 chuān 了 le 件 jiàn 蓝 Lán 底 de 白格的 de 衬衣 chèn yī 和 hé 牛仔裤 niúzǎikù .

He had on a blue and white checked shirt and jeans.

这 zhè 种 zhǒng 衬衫 chènshān 有 yǒu 三 Sān 种 zhǒng 颜色 yánsè : 白 Bái 的 de 、浅 jiān 蓝 Lán 的 de 、土黄的 de .

These shirts come in three different colours: white, pale blue and khaki.

Explore 22 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 蓝 Lán in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
蓝 Lán	blue	藍 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 [Yǒngzhōu], 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