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lán
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English Definitionblue; indigo plant; (Chinese surname)
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Pinyinlán
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(After Tone Sandhi)
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Zhuyin (Bopomofo) ㄌㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping)laam4
Part of Speech(形) adjective
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=2 TOCFL=5

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蓝色lánsèblue (color)
蓝天lántiānblue sky
蓝图lántúblueprint
蓝皮书lán pí shūan official report (e.g. governmental)
蓝宝石lán bǎoshísapphire
Words With Same Tail Word    
蔚蓝wèilánazure; sky blue
蓝蓝lánlánblue
浅蓝qiǎnlánlight blue
湛蓝zhànlánazure
天蓝tiānlánsky blue
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