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  laan6   jyutping
  lan4   pinyin
[1] rotten; decayed; decomposed
[2] worn-out; torn; broken
[3] (cooking) soft; mushy; pappy
[4] messy; disorderly; jumbled
[5] bright; bright-coloured; brilliant
[6] thoroughly; completely; utterly
[7] [] cheesy; crummy; lacking style
[8] [] addicted to; crave for

Default PoS: adjective Additional PoS: adverb
Stroke count: 21
Level: 2
Radical: (#86)

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

This word has been viewed 14227 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Jan 2011 00:54

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detail  laan6 zo2   = broken, fallen apart (physically)
detail  daa2 laan6 zo2   = broken (as a result of an impact)
detail  daa2 laan6   = to break
detail  laan6 jan5   = having a strong addiction (e.g., to a hobby)
detail  caan3 laan6  can4 lan4 = glittering; bright; magnificent; splendid
detail  fu6 laan6  fu3 lan4 = rotten
detail  po3 laan6  po4 lan4 = ragged
detail  laan6 ngaa4   = bad/decayed tooth, cavity
detail  laan6 zoeng3   = indiscriminate borrowing; overdrawn/bad account
detail  laan6 tung4 laan6 tit3   = metal scrap
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Showing all 7 examples containing 爛
detail audio 打爛咗
That plate is broken.
[打爛咗 implies the breakage is as a result of being dropped or smashed.]
detail 燦爛未來
A bright future.
detail audio 燦爛未來
A bright future.
detail audio 唔好爛gag!
Stop making crappy jokes.
detail 天真爛漫孩子無憂無慮生活
Innocent children, unaffected by the surroundings, live without a worry in the world.
detail 爛咗兩個
We've got two soccer balls burst after two games.
[兩場波 and 兩個波 are both patterned as 'numeral + measure + noun'. However, 場 is a verb measure that quantifies the verb 踢 whereas 個 is a noun measure (or classifier) that modifies the noun 波.]
detail 點解打爛
Why is it that every time you wash dishes you break something?
[[粵] V-嚫 ... 都... Pattern the means every time someone does something, such and such will happen.]

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: This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.  
: This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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