蘭 (laan4 | lan2) : orchid; elegant, graceful

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蘭

laan4

lan2

[n]orchid; [adj] elegant, graceful

Stroke count: 23

Level: 3

Radical: 艸 (#140)

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

蘭 / 兰

This word has been viewed 18674 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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蘭蔻 laan4 kau3 lan2 kou4 = Lancôme, French cosmetics brand

蘭花 laan4 faa1 lan2 hua1 = orchid

木蘭 muk6 laan4 mu4 lan2 = magnolia, Mulan

劍蘭 gim3 laan4 jian4 lan2 = gladiolus

英格蘭 jing1 gaak3 laan4 ying1 ge2 lan2 = England

蘇格蘭 sou1 gaak3 laan4 su1 ge2 lan2 = Scotland

北愛爾蘭 bak1 oi3 ji5 laan4 = Northern Ireland

白蘭地 baak6 laan4*1 dei6*2 bai2 lan2 di4 = brandy

芥蘭 gaai3 laan4*2 gai4 lan2 = Chinese kale; Chinese broccoli

紐西蘭 nau5/nau2 sai1 laan4 niu3 xi1 lan2 = New Zealand
See all 139 compounds (CantoDict reports 155 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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有個波蘭朋友嚟咗探我。粵
A Polish friend has come to visit me.

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Decimal representation of this word: 蘭
Unicode code for this character: U+862D (off-site link)

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