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橄榄

gǎn lǎn

2-character word Traditional 橄欖

What 橄榄 means

1. Chinese olive
2. olive

The characters in 橄榄

• 橄gǎnused in 橄榄
• 榄lǎn(bound form) olive

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 橄榄

• 橄榄树gǎn lǎn shùolive tree
• 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 橄榄

• 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