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lán

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lán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lán | lan2
English translation
orchid; elegant, graceful

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About lán

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Number of strokes

21

Traditional form

lán

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

flower

Etymology of lán

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹闌

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

lán

Explanation

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

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Words with lán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
lán lily magnolia (木蘭|木兰 Mù lán ) lán
米兰 Mǐ lán Milano米蘭
荷兰 Hé lán Holland荷蘭
弗兰克 Fú lán kè Frank (name)弗蘭克
爱尔兰 Aì ěr lán Ireland愛爾蘭
英格兰 Yīng gé lán England英格蘭
苏格兰 Sū gé lán Scotland蘇格蘭
波兰 Bō lán Poland波蘭
乌克兰 Wū kè lán Ukraine烏克蘭
兰州 Lán zhōu Lanzhou prefecture-level city and capital of Gansu province 甘肅|甘肃 Gān sù [Gān​sù]蘭州
新西兰 Xīn xī lán New Zealand新西蘭
芬兰 Fēn lán Finland芬蘭
兰花 lán huā cymbidium蘭花
伊斯兰 Yī sī lán Islam伊斯蘭
亚特兰大 Yà tè lán dà Atlanta亞特蘭大
木兰 Mù lán Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk hero recorded in Sui and Tang literature木蘭
格兰特 Gé lán tè Grant (name)格蘭特
法兰克福 Fǎ lán kè fú Frankfurt (Germany)法蘭克福
斯里兰卡 Sī lǐ lán kǎ Sri Lanka斯里蘭卡
白兰地 bái lán dì brandy (loanword)白蘭地
伊斯兰教 Yī sī lán jiào Islam伊斯蘭教
兰州市 Lán zhōu Shì Lanzhou prefecture-level city and capital of Gansu province 甘肅|甘肃 Gān sù [Gān​sù]蘭州市
德黑兰 Dé hēi lán Tehran, capital of Iran德黑蘭

lán Decomposition & Compounds

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