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luán

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luán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
luán | luan2
English translation
mountain range; tall pointed mountain

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About luán

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

luán

Contains the radical

Shān

Part of speech

Isolated morpheme / 语素 yǔ sù Yǔsù

Learning hint

mountain

Etymology of luán

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

亦山

Semantic compound

Shān

Phonetic compound

luán

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Example sentences using luán

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峰峦 fēng luán zài 头顶 tóu dǐng shǎng Gāo 插入 chā rù yún , 广大 guǎngdà 无边 wú biān , 岩石 yánshí 光洁 guāng jié , 草木 cǎo mù shēng .

The range soared above him, immense, clean, and barren.

该地山峦 shān luán 平缓 píng huǎn 起伏 qǐfú 看上去 kàn shang qu 类似 lèisì 托斯卡纳大区

With its gently rolling hills it looks like Tuscany.

克莱尔 Kè lái ěr 戴维·阿斯特正在 zhèngzài huà 远处 yuǎn chù 西班牙 Xī bān yá 山峦 shān luán de 风景 fēngjǐng 素描 sù miáo

Clare and David Astor are sketching a view of far Spanish hills.

Words with luán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
山峦 shān luán mountain range山巒
luán mountain ranges luán
峰峦 fēng luán high mountain range峰巒
层峦叠嶂 céng luán dié zhàng range upon range of mountains (idiom)層巒疊嶂
重峦叠嶂 chóng luán dié zhàng range upon range of mountains (idiom)重巒疊嶂
层峦 céng luán range upon range of mountains層巒
山峦重叠 shān luán chóng dié overlapping ranges of high mountains (idiom)山巒重疊
翠峦区 Cuì luán qū Cuiluan district of Yichun city 伊春市 Yī chūn shì [Yī​chūn​shì], Heilongjiang翠巒區

luán Decomposition & Compounds

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