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栏

lán

HSK 6 Character Traditional 欄

What 栏 means

1. fence
2. railing
3. hurdle
4. column or box (of text or other data)

Example sentences

• 他在栏杆之后。
  He is behind the railing.
• 他的马跳过了栅栏。
  Tā de mǎ tiào guo le zhàlán.
  His horse jumped over the fence.
• 他把球扔过了栅栏。
  Tā bǎ qiú rēng guò le zhàlán.
  He threw a ball over the fence.
• 那是个坚固的栏杆。
  Nàshi gè jiāngù de lángān.
  This is a sturdy handrail.
• 住宅围栏应该多高？
  How high should a home fence be?
• 我们的栏杆是铁做的。
  Wǒmen de lángān shì tiě zuò de.
  Our fence is made of iron.

Words starting with 栏

• 栏目lán mùregular column or segment (in a publication or broadcast program); program (TV or radio)
• 栏杆lán gānrailing; banister
• 栏位lán wèi(numeric, data) field (Tw)
• 栏圈lán quānpen; animal yard
• 栏架lán jiàhurdle
• 栏栅lán zhàbarrier
• 栏柜lán guìvariant of 拦柜

Words containing 栏

• 专栏zhuān lánspecial column
• 栅栏zhà lánfence
• 护栏hù lánguardrail; railing
• 围栏wéi lánfencing; railings; fence
• 凭栏píng lánto lean on a parapet
• 低栏dī lánlow hurdles (track event)
• 出栏chū lán(of livestock) to be sent to slaughter
• 存栏cún lán(of livestock) being raised; on hand
• 牛栏niú láncattle pen
• 跨栏kuà lánhurdles; hurdle race (athletics)
• 铁栏tiě lánmetal grille; railing; bars
• 附栏fù lánbox (featured material enclosed in a rectangle, separate from the main text)
• 高栏gāo lánhigh hurdle
• 任务栏rèn wu lántaskbar (computing)
• 布告栏bù gào lánbulletin board
• 侧边栏cè biān lán(computing) sidebar
• 备注栏bèi zhù lánremarks column
• 公布栏gōng bù lánbulletin board
• 审判栏shěn pàn lánjudgment bar
• 工具栏gōng jù lántoolbar (in computer software)
• 广告栏guǎng gào lánadvertising column (in a newspaper); bulletin board
• 标题栏biāo tí lántitle bar (of a window) (computing)
• 状态栏zhuàng tài lán(computing) status bar
• 菜单栏cài dān lánmenu bar (computing)

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.

• 烂lànsoft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose
• 拦lánto block sb's path; to obstruct; to flag down (a taxi)

Characters that look like 栏

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

• 舰jiànwarship
• 拦lánto block sb's path; to obstruct; to flag down (a taxi)
• 枕zhěn(bound form) pillow; to rest one's head on (Taiwan pr. zhèn)
• 娠shēnpregnant
• 枉wǎngto twist; crooked; unjust
• 桤qīalder

Sounds the same

Read lán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 篮basket (receptacle); basket (in basketball)
• 蓝blue; indigo plant
• 拦to block sb's path; to obstruct; to flag down (a taxi)
• 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