欄 (laan4 | lan2) : railing; column; board; shed

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欄

laan4

lan2

[1] railing; banister; balustrade
[2] column (in forms, newspapers, etc)
[3] board (for putting up notices, etc)
[4] shed; pen (for domestic animals)
[5] [sports] hurdles

Stroke count: 21

Level: 1

Radical: 木 (#75)

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

欄 / 栏

This word has been viewed 6044 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Apr 2012 13:59

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果欄 gwo2 laan4*1 guo3 lan2 = wholesale fruit market 粵

牛欄 ngau4 laan4*1; ngau4 laan4 niu2 lan2 = 欄4*1: bullpen, byre; 欄4: (placename) Ngau Lan

柵欄 caak3 laan4 zha4 lan2 = railings

豬欄 zyu1 laan4*1 = sty, swinery

專欄 zyun1 laan4 zhuan1 lan2 = special column

魚欄 jyu4 laan4*1 = hatch (fish)

井欄 zeng2 laan4 = wellhead

欄杆 laan4 gon1 lan2 gan1 = railing; banister

欄圈 laan4 hyun1 lan2 quan1 = pen; animal yard

專欄作家 zyun1 laan4 zok3 gaa1 = columnist
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Showing 1 example containing 欄

有個男仔坐喺露台欄河度，似乎想跳樓噃粵
There's a man sitting on the barrier of the balcony as though he is about to jump off the building.

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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: 欄
Unicode code for this character: U+6b04 (off-site link)

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