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阑

lán

Character Traditional 闌

What 阑 means

1. railing
2. balustrade
3. door-screen
4. exhausted
5. late

Example sentences

• 我弟弟可能得了急性阑尾炎，要是这样他必须做个手术。
  Wǒ dìdi kěnéng déle jíxìnglánwěiyán, yàoshi zhèyàng tā bìxū zuò gè shǒushù.
  My brother may have acute appendicitis, in which case he’d have to have an operation.

Words starting with 阑

• 阑珊lán shāncoming to an end; waning
• 阑尾炎lán wěi yánappendicitis (medicine)
• 阑入lán rùto trespass; to mix; to mingle
• 阑出lán chūto leave impulsively; to send out (merchandise) without authorization
• 阑尾lán wěiappendix; vermiform appendix (anatomy)
• 阑干lán gān(literary) crisscross; uneven; disorderly
• 阑槛lán jiànrailing; fence; banisters
• 阑遗lán yíunclaimed articles
• 阑头lán tóulintel; architrave
• 阑风lán fēngcontinuous blowing of the wind
• 阑尾切除术lán wěi qiē chú shùappendectomy (medicine)
• 阑殚lán dāntired and exhausted

Words containing 阑

• 夜阑yè lánlate at night; in the dead of night
• 更阑gēng lándeep night
• 月阑yuè lánthe halo of the moon
• 岁阑suì lánlate season of a year
• 雕阑diāo láncarved railings
• 夜阑珊yè lán shānlate at night
• 夜阑人静yè lán rén jìngthe still of the night (idiom); late at night
• 急性阑尾炎jí xìng lán wěi yánacute appendicitis (medicine)
• 勾阑gōu lánvariant of 勾栏

Characters that look like 阑

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

• 阐chǎnto express; to disclose; to enlighten
• 阔kuòrich; wide; broad
• 阙quēused in place of 缺 (old); mistake
• 涸héto dry; to dry up
• 阉yānto castrate; a castrate; neuter
• 阖hédoor; to close; whole

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
• 澜swelling water
• 斓used in 斑斓
• 镧lanthanum (chemistry)
• 褴used in 褴褛
• 谰to make a false charge