籃 (laam4 laam4*2 | lan2) : basket

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籃

laam4 laam4*2

lan2

basket

Stroke count: 20

Level: 3

Radical: 竹 (#118)

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

籃 / 篮

Don't confuse with:
藍鹽

This word has been viewed 5729 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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生果籃 saang1 gwo2 laam4*2 sheng1 guo3 lan2 = fruit basket 粵

花籃 faa1 laam4*2 hua1 lan2 = flower basket

籃球 laam4 kau4 lan2 qiu2 = basketball

吊籃 diu3 laam4*2 diao4 lan2 = nacelle

男子籃球 naam4 zi2 laam4 kau4 nan2 zi3 lan2 qiu2 = men's basketball

搖籃曲 jiu4 laam4 kuk1 yao2 lan2 qu1 = cradlesong

上籃 soeng5 laam4*2 shang4 lan2 = lay-up (in basketball)

禮籃 lai5 laam4*2 li3 lan2 = a hamper (gift basket)

灌籃 gun3 laam4*2 guan4 lan2 = slam dunk 國

果籃 gwo2 laam4*2 guo3 lan2 = a fruits basket
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Showing 1 example containing 籃

你身高只有五呎九﹐想入籃球隊𠍁水啲噃。粵
Your height of five-foot-nine is not tall enough to enter the basketball team.

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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: 籃
Unicode code for this character: U+7c43 (off-site link)

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