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橄

gǎn

Character

What 橄 means

1. used in {橄榄|gǎn lǎn}

Example sentences

• 他很擅长橄榄球。
  Tā hěn shàncháng gǎnlǎnqiú.
  He is good at rugby.
• 橄榄球英语怎么说？
  Gǎnlǎnqiú yīngyǔ zěnme shuō?
  How do you say "rugby" in English?
• 橄榄球英语怎幺说？
  How do you say "rugby" in English?
• 我们要订18吨橄榄油。
  Wǒmen yào dìng 18 dūn gǎnlǎnyóu.
  We'd like to order 18 tonnes of olive oil.
• 油是从橄榄中提炼出来的。
  Yóu shì cóng gǎnlǎn zhōng tíliàn chūlái de.
  Oil is extracted from olives.
• 他曾是个英式橄榄球运动员。
  He was a rugby player.

Words starting with 橄

• 橄榄树gǎn lǎn shùolive tree
• 橄榄gǎn lǎnChinese olive; olive
• 橄榄球gǎn lǎn qiúfootball played with oval-shaped ball (rugby, American football, Australian rules etc)
• 橄榄油gǎn lǎn yóuolive oil
• 橄榄山gǎn lǎn shānMount of Olives (in the Christian passion story)
• 橄榄岩gǎn lǎn yánperidotite (geology)
• 橄榄石gǎn lǎn shíolivine (rock-forming mineral magnesium-iron silicate (Mg,Fe)2SiO4); peridot
• 橄榄绿gǎn lǎn lǜolive-green (color)
• 橄榄枝gǎn lǎn zhīolive branch; symbol of peace

Words containing 橄

• 油橄榄yóu gǎn lǎnolive (Olea europaea)
• 原生橄榄油yuán shēng gǎn lǎn yóuvirgin olive oil
• 澳式橄榄球Ào shì gǎn lǎn qiúAustralian rules football; Aussie rules
• 美式橄榄球Měi shì gǎn lǎn qiúAmerican football
• 英式橄榄球Yīng shì gǎn lǎn qiúrugby

Characters built on 敢

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

• 瞰kànto look down from a height; to spy on sth
• 憨hānsilly; simple-minded; foolish
• 阚kànto glance; to peep

Characters that look like 橄

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

• 撒sāto let go; to cast; to let loose
• 徵zhǐ4th note in the ancient Chinese pentatonic scale 五音
• 獗juéused in 猖獗
• 辙zhérut; track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. chè); (colloquial) the direction of traffic…
• 榷quèfootbridge; toll, levy; monopoly
• 橛juéa peg; low post

Sounds the same

Read gǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 感to feel; to move; to touch
• 敢to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture
• 赶to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc)
• 杆stick; pole; lever
• 秆stalks of grain
• 擀to roll (dough etc)
• 澉place name; wash
• 鳡yellowcheek (Elopichthys bambusa)