Chinese words starting with “lan”
15 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable lan. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 2 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial l · final an · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 2nd tone 8
- 3rd tone 5
- 4th tone 2
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 蓝色lán sèHSK 2
blue (color)
- 篮球lán qiúHSK 2
basketball
All 15 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 蓝 | lán | a,g | blue; indigo plant | |
| 2 | 烂 | làn | a,v | soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad | |
| 3 | 拦 | lán | v,vn | to block sb's path; to obstruct; to flag down (a taxi) | |
| 4 | 懒 | lǎn | a | lazy | |
| 5 | 栏 | lán | n | fence; railing; hurdle; column or box (of text or other data) | |
| 6 | 懒得 | lǎn dé | v | not to feel like (doing sth); disinclined to | |
| 7 | 滥用 | làn yòng | v,vn | to misuse; to abuse | |
| 8 | 蓝天 | lán tiān | n | blue sky | |
| 9 | 揽 | lǎn | v | to monopolize; to seize; to take into one's arms; to embrace; to fasten (with a rope etc); to take on (responsibility etc); to canvass | |
| 10 | 栏目 | lán mù | n | regular column or segment (in a publication or broadcast program); program (TV or radio) | |
| 11 | 懒惰 | lǎn duò | a | idle; lazy | |
| 12 | 蓝图 | lán tú | n | blueprint | |
| 13 | 栏杆 | lán gān | n | railing; banister | |
| 14 | 缆车 | lǎn chē | n | cable car | |
| 15 | 蓝领 | lán lǐng | b | blue-collar; blue-collar worker |
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