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lán

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lán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lán | lan2
English translation
avaricious
old variant of lán [lán]
to covet; covetous, avaricious

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About lán

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

lán

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

woman

Etymology of lán

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

林女

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Lín

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and Lín represents the sound. Simplified form of lín .

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Example sentences using lán

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那个 nà ge 饿 è Hàn 贪婪 tānlán de 食物 shíwù 投入 tóurù 口中.

The hungry man greedily shovelled the food into his mouth.

xiàng zhū 一样 yīyàng 贪婪 tānlán .

He is greedy like a hog.

适合 shìhé 搭配 dāpèi 口味 kǒuwèi piān de Hóng ròu 野禽 yě qín lán 乳酪 rǔ lào .

Very spicy red game bird meat, ripe cheese.

他们 tā men 贪婪 tānlán 地闻 zhāo jiān de 香味 xiāng wèi .

They snuffed the smell of the fried - fish shops.

Sān wèi xìng 马默布尔 de 先生 Xiānsheng 伸长 shēn cháng 脖子 bózi ,贪婪 tānlán de yǐn zhāo .

The three Mr. Mumbles bent forward and listened eagerly.

Words with lán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
贪婪 tānlán avaricious貪婪
lán avaricious lán
贪婪无厌 tān lán wú yàn avaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied貪婪無厭

lán Decomposition & Compounds

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lán Decomposition

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lán Compounds

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