蘭 (laan4) — orchid; [adj] elegant, graceful in Cantonese
laanˎ₄蘭简 兰
Mandarin Pinyin: lan2
Meaning of 蘭
nounorchid; [adj] elegant, graceful
Example Sentences with 蘭
jauˏ₅有go˗₃個boˉ¹波laanˎ₄蘭pangˎ₄朋jauˏ₅友laiˎ₄嚟zoˊ²咗taam˗₃探ngoˏ₅我。
A Polish friend has come to visit me.
maaˏ₅馬taiˎ₄蹄laanˎ₄蘭houˊ²好leng3.靚。
Orchids are beautiful.
zungˊ²種maaˏ₅馬taiˎ₄蹄laan4.蘭。
Planting orchids.
niˉ¹呢douˍ₆度jauˏ₅有maaˏ₅馬taiˎ₄蹄laan4.蘭。
There are orchids here.
ngoˏ₅我maaiˏ₅買maaˏ₅馬taiˎ₄蹄laan4.蘭。
I'm buying orchids.
Words Containing 蘭
米蘭花mai5 laan4 faa1
Chinese perfume tree (Agraia Odorata)
荷蘭薯ho4 laan1 syu2
a potato | 薯仔 is typically used instead in conversational Cantonese
芬蘭fan1 laan4
Finland
伊斯蘭回教ji1 si1 laan4 wui4 gaau3
Islam
香港木蘭hoeng1 gong2 muk6 laan4
Magnolia championi (Hong Kong magnolia)
英格蘭jing1 gaak3 laan4
英倫
米仔蘭mai5 zai2 laan4
Chinese perfume tree (Agraia Odorata) | also 米蘭花
嘉特利亞蘭gaa1 dak6 lei6 aa3 laan4
cattleya (commonly grown orchid plant)
三色紫羅蘭saam1 sik1 zi2 lo4 laan4
pansy (flower)
荷蘭ho4 laan1
The Netherlands (Holland)
蘇格蘭sou1 gaak3 laan4
Scotland - part of the United Kingdom (英國). Other parts of the united kingdom also include Wales (威爾斯), England (英格蘭) and Northern Ireland (北愛爾蘭).
阿蘭賣豬aa3 laan4 maai6 zyu1
to sell something under price, because you lost some chance (lit., "Mr Lan sells pig")
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