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lǎn

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lǎn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lǎn | lan3
English translation
to look over, to inspect, to view, to perceive

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About lǎn

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Number of strokes

21

Traditional form

lǎn

Contains the radical

jiàn

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

see

Etymology of lǎn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

監見

Semantic compound

jiàn

Phonetic compound

jiān

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Words with lǎn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
展览 zhǎnlǎn to exhibit展覽
浏览 liúlǎn to skim over瀏覽
游览 yóulǎn to tour遊覽
博览会 bólǎnhuì exposition博覽會
展览会 zhǎn lǎn huì show展覽會
lǎn to view lǎn
展览馆 zhǎn lǎn guǎn exhibition hall展覽館
博览 bó lǎn to read extensively博覽
一览无余 yī lǎn wú yú a panoramic view一覽無餘
阅览室 yuè lǎn shì reading room閱覽室
浏览器 liú lǎn qì browser (software)瀏覽器
一览 yī lǎn an overview一覽
一览无遗 yī lǎn wú yí be plainly visible一覽無遺
阅览 yuè lǎn to read閱覽
预览 yù lǎn preview預覽
饱览 bǎo lǎn to look intensively飽覽
观览 guān lǎn to view觀覽
浏览量 liú lǎn liàng page views瀏覽量
纵览 zòng lǎn panoramic view縱覽
概览 gài lǎn general overview概覽

lǎn Decomposition & Compounds

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