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烂

làn

HSK 5 Character Traditional 爛

What 烂 means

1. soft; mushy
2. well-cooked and soft
3. to rot; to decompose
4. rotten
5. worn out
6. chaotic; messy
7. utterly; thoroughly
8. crappy; bad

Example sentences

• 鱼烂头先臭。
  A fish rots from the head down.
• 他把书撕烂了。
  Tā bǎ shū sīlàn le.
  He tore the book apart.
• 我的法语很烂。
  My French is crappy.
• 这颗苹果烂了。
  This apple is rotten.
• 这些苹果烂了。
  These apples are rotten.
• 那些苹果烂了。
  Those apples are rotten.

Words starting with 烂

• 烂泥làn nímud; mire
• 烂熟làn shú(of fruit) fully ripe; overripe; (of food) cooked until very soft; to know thoroughly…
• 烂醉làn zuìdead drunk; completely drunk
• 烂漫làn mànunaffected; unpretentious; (literary) brightly colored; vibrant
• 烂人làn rén(colloquial) scumbag; lowlife; asshole
• 烂俗làn súclichéd
• 烂尾làn wěi(of a construction project etc) unfinished; derailed (due to critical setbacks)
• 烂片làn piàndud movie
• 烂糊làn hu(of food) very soft and mushy from prolonged cooking…
• 烂账làn zhàngdisorganized accounts; uncollectable debts; bad debt
• 烂透làn tòurotten to the core
• 烂大街làn dà jiē(colloquial) (of a fashion item, song etc) to be everywhere now…
• 烂好人làn hǎo rénsb who tries to be on good terms with everyone
• 烂尾楼làn wěi lóuuncompleted building; building whose construction has run into difficulties and stopped
• 烂摊子làn tān ziterrible mess; shambles
• 烂污货làn wū huòloose woman; slut
• 烂舌头làn shé tóuto gossip; to blab; a blab-mouth
• 烂醉如泥làn zuì rú ní(idiom) to be dead drunk; to be plastered
• 烂泥扶不上墙làn ní fú bù shàng qiánguseless (idiom); worthless; inept
• 烂桃花làn táo huāunhappy love affair
• 烂橘子Làn jú zi(slang) EA's Origin platform
• 烂崽làn zǎi(dialect) hooligan; low-life
• 烂梗làn gěnglame joke
• 烂泥糊不上墙làn ní hú bù shàng qiángsee 烂泥扶不上墙

Words containing 烂

• 灿烂càn lànto glitter; brilliant; splendid
• 腐烂fǔ lànto rot; to putrefy; (fig.) corrupt
• 破烂pò lànworn-out; dilapidated; tattered; ragged; (colloquial) rubbish; junk
• 绚烂xuàn lànsplendid; gorgeous; dazzling
• 糜烂mí làndissipated; rotten; decaying
• 焦头烂额jiāo tóu làn élit. badly burned about the head (from trying to put out a fire) (idiom)…
• 砸烂zá lànto smash
• 溃烂kuì lànto fester; to ulcerate
• 天真烂漫tiān zhēn làn màn(idiom) innocent and unaffected
• 滚瓜烂熟gǔn guā làn shúlit. ripe as a melon that rolls from its vine (idiom); fig. to know fluently…
• 稀烂xī lànthoroughly mashed; mushy; smashed up; broken into pieces; (fig.) abysmal; shockingly bad
• 撞烂zhuàng lànto destroy by smashing; smashed up
• 摆烂bǎi làn(neologism, attested by 2014) (slang) to stop striving…
• 比烂bǐ lànto compare two unsatisfactory things; to argue that others have similar or worse faults…
• 白烂bái làn(slang) stupid; ridiculous
• 赌烂dǔ làn(Taiwan; slang) to be ticked off by (sb or sth); to be pissed at (sb or sth)…
• 软烂ruǎn làn(of food etc) soft; pulpy; (Taiwan) (of a person) lacking drive; shiftless; lazy
• 废铜烂铁fèi tóng làn tiěscrap metal; a pile of junk
• 陈谷子烂芝麻chén gǔ zi làn zhī malit. stale grain, overcooked sesame (idiom); fig. the same boring old gossip
• 稀巴烂xī bā lànsmashed up; broken into pieces
• 肉烂在锅里ròu làn zài guō lǐlit. the meat falls apart as it stews, but it all stays in the pot (idiom)…
• 死缠烂打sǐ chán làn dǎ(colloquial) to pester; to harass
• 撕烂sī lànto tear up; to tear to pieces
• 霉烂méi lànmold; rot

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
• 拦lánto block sb's path; to obstruct; to flag down (a taxi)

Characters that look like 烂

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

• 烟yāncigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist
• 烦fánto feel vexed; to bother; to trouble
• 烛zhúcandle; (literary) to illuminate
• 烁shuòbright; luminous
• 狸lí(bound form) used in the names of small mammals
• 烬jìn(bound form) cinders; ashes

Sounds the same

Read làn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 滥overflowing; excessive; indiscriminate
• 燗old variant of 烂
• 爤old variant of 烂
• 灠variant of 滥