藍 (laam4 | lan2) : blue

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藍

laam4

lan2

[1] [adj] blue; indigo
[2] [n] indigo plant
[3] [n] a Chinese surname

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 18

Level: 1

Radical: 艸 (#140)

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

藍 / 蓝

Don't confuse with:
籃鹽

This word has been viewed 9837 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 21st Nov 2014 10:07

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藍色 laam4 sik1 lan2 se4 = blue

藍圖 laam4 tou4 lan2 tu2 = blueprint

藍田 laam4 tin4 = Lam Tin (MTR station)

藍籌股 laam4 cau4 gu2 = blue-chip shares (on the stock exchange)

海軍藍 hoi2 gwan1 laam4 hai3 jun1 lan2 = navy blue

鮮藍色 sin1 laam4 sik1 = light/peacock blue

深藍色 sam1 laam4 sik1 = dark/navy blue

紫藍色 zi2 laam4 sik1 zi3 lan2 se4 = violet color

藍藍地 laam4 laam4*2 dei6*2 = bluish

寶藍 bou2 laam4 bao3 lan2 = sapphire blue, navy blue
See all 42 compounds (CantoDict reports 44 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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Decimal representation of this word: 藍
Unicode code for this character: U+85cd (off-site link)

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