攔 (laan4 | lan2) : block; obstruct

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攔

laan4

lan2

block; obstruct; hold back; intercept

Stroke count: 20

Level: 2

Radical: 扌 (#64)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

攔 / 拦

This word has been viewed 3631 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 3rd Apr 2012 02:24

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阻攔 zo2 laan4 zu3 lan2 = to stop; to obstruct; to block

攔住 laan4 zyu6 lan2 zhu4 = to stop; to bar the way

攔截 laan4 zit6 lan2 jie2 = to intercept, interrupt, obstruct

攔路 laan4 lou6 lan2 lu4 = block the way

冚挷攔 ham6 baang6 laang6 = variant of 冚唪呤粵

口無遮攔 hau2 mou4 ze1 laan4 kou3 wu2 zhe1 lan2 = to shoot one's mouth off; to commit a gaffe

遮攔 ze1 laan4 zhe1 lan2 = block; obstruct

口沒遮攔 hau2 mut6 ze1 laan4 kou3 mei2 zhe1 lan2 = no filter on one's mouth

攔手 laan4 sau2 lan2 shou3 = barring arm

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 攔
Unicode code for this character: U+6514 (off-site link)

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