Character
| HSK | Not in HSK |
|---|---|
| FREQUENCY | 642nd character |
| RADICAL | ⼋ (12.3) |
| STROKES | 5 |
| INDEX # | 306 |
| TRADITIONAL | 蘭 |
orchid; elegant, graceful
#642
DEFINITIONS
- orchid
- elegant, graceful
- surname Lan
- abbr. for Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[Lan2 zhou1], Gansu
- orchid (蘭花|兰花 Cymbidium goeringii)
- fragrant thoroughwort (蘭草|兰草 Eupatorium fortunei)
- lily magnolia (木蘭|木兰)
STROKES
WORDS
| 西兰花 xī lán huā | broccoli |
| 设得兰群岛 shè dé lán qún dǎo | Shetland Islands |
| 贺兰山 hè lán shān | Helan Mountains, lying across part of the border between Ningxia and Inner Mongolia |
| 贺兰山岩鹨 hè lán shān yán liù | (bird species of China) Mongolian accentor (Prunella koslowi) |
| 贺兰山红尾鸲 hè lán shān hóng wěi qú | (bird species of China) Alashan redstart (Phoenicurus alaschanicus) |
| 贺兰山脉 hè lán shān mài | Helan Mountains, lying across part of the border between Ningxia and Inner Mongolia |
| 贺兰县 hè lán xiàn | Helan county in Yinchuan 銀川|银川[Yin2 chuan1], Ningxia |
| 达兰萨拉 dá lán sà lā | Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh, north India, home of Tibetan government in exile |
| 都兰 dū lán | Dulan county in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州[Hai3 xi1 Meng3 gu3 zu2 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai |
| 都兰县 dū lán xiàn | Dulan county in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州[Hai3 xi1 Meng3 gu3 zu2 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai |
| 金兰之交 jīn lán zhī jiāo | intimate friendship (idiom) |
| 金兰谱 jīn lán pǔ | lit. directory of golden orchids; fig. genealogical record (esp. exchanged between sworn brothers) |
| 铃兰 líng lán | lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis) |
| 阿特兰蒂斯 ā tè lán dì sī | Atlantis |
| 阿兰文 ā lán wén | Aramaic |
| 阿兰若 ā lán rě | Buddhist temple (transliteration of Sanskrit "Aranyakah") |
| 双蕊兰 shuāng ruǐ lán | double-stamen orchid (Diplandrorchis sinica S.C. Chen), an endangered species |
| 雪兰莪 xuě lán é | Selangor (Malaysia) |
| 革兰氏 gé lán shì | Mr Gram; Dr. Hans Christian Jaochim Gram (1953-1938), Danish doctor and inventor of the Gram stain 革蘭氏染色法|革兰氏染色法 |
| 革兰氏染色法 gé lán shì rǎn sè fǎ | Gram stain (used to distinguished two different kinds of bacteria) |
| 革兰氏阴性 gé lán shì yīn xìng | Gram negative (bacteria that do not retain Gram stain, often the more dangerous kind) |
| 革兰阳 gé lán yáng | Gram-positive (bacteria) |
| 革兰阳性 gé lán yáng xìng | Gram-positive (bacteria) |
| 香草兰 xiāng cǎo lán | vanilla (Vanilla planifolia) |
| 马兰基地 mǎ lán jī dì | Malan military base and atomic test site in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang |