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lǎn

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lǎn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lǎn | lan3
English translation
olive

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About lǎn

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

lǎn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Isolated morpheme / 语素 yǔ sù Yǔsù

Learning hint

tree

Etymology of lǎn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

木览

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

lǎn

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Example sentences using lǎn

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6 suì 以上 yǐ shàng de 孩子 háizi zài 俱乐部 jùlèbù wán 迷你 mí nǐ 橄榄球 gǎn lǎn qiú .

Kids from six years old play mini rugby at the club.

shì 克拉克 Kè lā kè jiā 孩子 háizi de Chē , shì 温特 Sāi 特橄榄球 duì de 四分 Wèi , gēn 裘迪. lái 弗伦 sēn 经常 jīngcháng 约会 yuēhuì .

The Clark boy. Quarterback on the Winterset team. Dated Judy Leverenson.

zài xìn Zhōng gěi jiā le liǎng piān 橄榄树 gǎn lǎn shù de 叶子 yèzi .

He sent her two pieces of olives in letter.

wéi 代写 dài xiě 电讯报每周 měi zhōu de 橄榄球 gǎn lǎn qiú 专栏 zhuān lán

I ghosted his weekly rugby column for the Telegraph.

我们 wǒmen shǎng 大学 Dà xué shí 一起 yīqǐ 玩过橄榄球 gǎn lǎn qiú

We played rugger together at College.

Words with lǎn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
橄榄球 gǎn lǎn qiú football played with oval-shaped ball (rugby, American football, Australian rules etc)橄欖球
橄榄 gǎn lǎn olive橄欖
橄榄油 gǎn lǎn yóu olive oil橄欖油
lǎn olive lǎn
橄榄石 gǎn lǎn shí peridot橄欖石
橄榄枝 gǎn lǎn zhī olive branch橄欖枝
橄榄岩 gǎn lǎn yán peridotite (geology)橄欖岩
橄榄树 gǎn lǎn shù olive tree橄欖樹
乌榄 wū lǎn black olive (Canarium tramdenum)烏欖

lǎn Decomposition & Compounds

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