蘭 lán

orchid; elegant, graceful

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)

WORDS

里奧格蘭德 lǐ ào gé lán dé Rio Grande (Brasil)
金蘭 jīn lán profound friendship; sworn brotherhood
金蘭之交 jīn lán zhī jiāo intimate friendship (idiom)
金蘭譜 jīn lán pǔ lit. directory of golden orchids; fig. genealogical record (esp. exchanged between sworn brothers)
鈴蘭 líng lán lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis)
錫蘭 xī lán Ceylon (former name of Sri Lanka)
阿斯蘭 ā sī lán Aslan (from the Narnia chronicles)
阿特蘭蒂斯 ā tè lán dì sī Atlantis
阿蘭 ā lán Alan, Allen, Allan, Alain etc (name); A-lan (Chinese female name)
阿蘭文 ā lán wén Aramaic
阿蘭若 ā lán rě Buddhist temple (transliteration of Sanskrit "Aranyakah")
雙蕊蘭 shuāng ruǐ lán double-stamen orchid (Diplandrorchis sinica S.C. Chen), an endangered species
雪佛蘭 xuě fó lán Chevrolet
雪蘭莪 xuě lán é Selangor (Malaysia)
革蘭氏 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
革蘭氏染色法 gé lán shì rǎn sè fǎ Gram stain (used to distinguished two different kinds of bacteria)
革蘭氏陰性 gé lán shì yīn xìng Gram negative (bacteria that do not retain Gram stain, often the more dangerous kind)
革蘭陽 gé lán yáng Gram-positive (bacteria)
革蘭陽性 gé lán yáng xìng Gram-positive (bacteria)
香子蘭 xiāng zǐ lán vanilla; Vanilla planifolia
香草蘭 xiāng cǎo lán vanilla (Vanilla planifolia)
馬蘭 mǎ lán 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
馬蘭基地 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
馬蘭花 mǎ lán huā iris; Iris tectorum
馬里蘭 mǎ lǐ lán Maryland, US state
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