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爛

làn

rotten, spoiled, decayed

Strokes
21
Radical
火
HSK
—
Tone
4

Simplified form: 烂

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 烂, the simplified form of 爛. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 我的法语很烂。

    Wǒ de Fǎ yǔ hěn làn

    My French is crappy.

  • 他网球打得很烂。

    Tā wǎng qiú dǎ de hěn làn

    He is rather poor at tennis.

  • 水果一般不久就会腐烂。

    Shuǐ guǒ yì bān bù jiǔ jiù huì fǔ làn

    Fruits tend to rot quickly.

  • 我把报纸撕烂了。

    Wǒ bǎ bào zhǐ sī làn le

    I ripped up the newspaper.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 烂

  • 烂làn 4soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad
  • 灿烂càn làn 4–4 to glitter; brilliant; splendid
  • 腐烂fǔ làn 3–4 to rot; to putrefy; (fig.) corrupt