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拦

lán

HSK 5 Character Traditional 攔

What 拦 means

1. to block sb's path
2. to obstruct
3. to flag down (a taxi)

Example sentences

• 你为什么只拦下了外国人？
  Why did you stop only the foreigners?
• 我拦不住汤姆把饼干吃完。
  I couldn't prevent Tom from eating all the cookies.
• 警察拦下了丹的车，进行了检查。
  Police stopped Dan's car and searched it.
• 暴风雨过后，那条路被倒下来的树拦住了。
  After the storm, the road was blocked with fallen trees.

Words starting with 拦

• 拦住lán zhùto stop; to bar the way
• 拦截lán jiéto intercept
• 拦腰lán yāo(hitting) squarely in the middle; (slicing) across the middle; to hold by the waist
• 拦阻lán zǔto block; to obstruct
• 拦路lán lùto block sb's path; to waylay
• 拦劫lán jiéto mug; to intercept and rob
• 拦检lán jiǎn(of police etc) to stop (sb) for inspection; to pull (sb) over
• 拦柜lán guìsales counter; inquiry desk
• 拦网lán wǎngto intercept at the net (volleyball, tennis etc); to block
• 拦车lán chēto thumb a lift; to hitchhike
• 拦路虎lán lù hǔstumbling block
• 拦河坝lán hé bàa dam across a river

Words containing 拦

• 阻拦zǔ lánto stop; to obstruct
• 口无遮拦kǒu wú zhē lánto blab; to shoot one's mouth off; to commit a gaffe
• 广告拦截器guǎng gào lán jié qìad-blocker

Characters built on 兰

These share the phonetic component 兰 (lán), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 栏lánfence; railing; hurdle
• 烂lànsoft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose

Characters that look like 拦

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 挺tǐngstraight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body)
• 栏lánfence; railing; hurdle
• 扭niǔto turn; to twist; to wring
• 拱gǒngto cup one's hands in salute; to surround; to arch
• 狙jūmacaque; to spy; to lie in ambush
• 拄zhǔto lean on; to prop on

Sounds the same

Read lán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 篮basket (receptacle); basket (in basketball)
• 蓝blue; indigo plant
• 栏fence; railing; hurdle
• 婪avaricious
• 兰orchid (兰花 Cymbidium goeringii); fragrant thoroughwort (兰草 Eupatorium fortunei)…
• 岚(bound form) mountain mist
• 澜swelling water
• 阑railing; balustrade; door-screen
• 斓used in 斑斓
• 镧lanthanum (chemistry)
• 褴used in 褴褛
• 谰to make a false charge