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澜

lán

Character Traditional 瀾

What 澜 means

1. swelling water

Words starting with 澜

• 澜沧江Lán cāng JiāngLancang River, the upper course (in southwestern China) of the Mekong River 湄公河
• 澜沧拉祜族自治县Lán cāng Lā hù zú Zì zhì xiànLancang Lahu Autonomous County, in Pu'er City 普洱市
• 澜沧Lán cāngsee 澜沧拉祜族自治县
• 澜沧县Lán cāng Xiànsee 澜沧拉祜族自治县

Words containing 澜

• 波澜bō lánbillows; great waves (fig. of a story with great momentum)
• 杨澜Yáng LánYang Lan (1968-), Chinese media proprietor, journalist, and talk show hostess
• 推波助澜tuī bō zhù lánto push the wave and add to the billows (idiom); to add momentum…
• 波澜壮阔bō lán zhuàng kuòsurging forward with great momentum; unfolding on a magnificent scale
• 力挽狂澜lì wǎn kuáng lánto pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom); fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis
• 观澜湖Guān lán HúMission Hills Group (Chinese hospitality, sports and leisure company)
• 波澜老成bō lán lǎo chéngsplendid and powerful (of story); majestic; awesome
• 波澜起伏bō lán qǐ fúone climax follows another (of thrilling story)

Characters built on 阑

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

• 斓lánused in 斑斓
• 镧lánlanthanum (chemistry)
• 谰lánto make a false charge

Characters that look like 澜

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

• 澳àodeep bay; cove; harbor
• 滴dīto drip; to let drip; to apply (eye drops etc); (bound form) a drop (of liquid)
• 澎péngused in 澎湃; Taiwan pr. pēng
• 邂xièused in 邂逅
• 熵shāngentropy (character created in 1923)
• 斓lánused in 斑斓

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