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lán

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lán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lán | lan2
English translation
fence
railing
hurdle
column or box (of text or other data)
fence, railing, balustrade

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About lán

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

lán

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

wood

Etymology of lán

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

木兰 Mù lán

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

lán

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using lán

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Shí léng kǎn dǐng shǎng yǒu dào ǎi 砖墙, 上面 shàng miàn shì 一道 yī dào 铁栏杆.

Upon the top of the bank was a low brick wall, surmounted by an iron railing.

zhè běn 词典 cídiǎn měi yǒu liǎng lán .

There are two columns on each page of this dictionary.

他们 tā men yòng 栏杆 lán gān 草地 cǎo dì Xīn 铁道 tiě dào de qiàn 隔离 gélí kāi lái .

They have railed the meadows off from the new railway cutting.

俯身 fǔ shēn zài 阳台 yángtái 栏杆 lán gān shǎng duì 楼下 lóu xià de 人们 rén men hǎn zhāo .

She leaned over the balustrade and shouted to the man downstairs.

灌木丛 guàn mù cóng Jiǎn 围栏 wéi lán 一样 yīyàng Gāo .

He cut the bushes even with the fence.

Words with lán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
lán fence lán
栏目 lánmù program (TV or radio)欄目
专栏 zhuān lán special column專欄
栅栏 zhà lán fence柵欄
栏杆 lán gān railing欄杆
围栏 wéi lán fencing圍欄
跨栏 kuà lán hurdles跨欄
牛栏 niú lán cattle pen牛欄
广告栏 guǎng gào lán bulletin board廣告欄
工具栏 gōng jù lán toolbar (in computer software)工具欄
凭栏 píng lán to lean on a parapet憑欄
布告栏 bù gào lán bulletin board佈告欄
任务栏 rèn wu lán taskbar (computing)任務欄
铁栏 tiě lán railing鐵欄
公布栏 gōng bù lán bulletin board公佈欄
高栏 gāo lán high hurdle高欄
勾栏 gōu lán brothel勾欄
栏栅 lán zhà barrier欄柵
标题栏 biāo tí lán title bar (of a window) (computing)標題欄

lán Decomposition & Compounds

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lán Decomposition

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