澜
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swelling water
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How 澜 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
氵 (semantic, “water”) + 阑 (phonetic, lán)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 阑
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 阑 (lán) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 阑 sound component | lán | screen door, railing, fence |
| 谰 | lán | to slander, to defame; a false accusation |
| 斓 | lán | multicolored |
| 镧 | lán | lanthanum |
Words containing 澜
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 波澜老成 | bō lán lǎo chéng | splendid and powerful (of story); majestic; awesome |
| 波澜起伏 | bō lán qǐ fú | one climax follows another (of thrilling story) |
| 推波助澜 | tuī bō zhù lán | to push the wave and add to the billows (idiom); to add momentum; to encourage sth to get … |
| 澜沧拉祜族自治县 | Lán cāng Lā hù zú Zì zhì xiàn | Lancang Lahu Autonomous County, in Pu'er City 普洱市[Pu3 er3 Shi4], Yunnan |
| 观澜湖 | Guān lán Hú | Mission Hills Group (Chinese hospitality, sports and leisure company) |
| 波澜 | bō lán | billows; great waves (fig. of a story with great momentum) |
| 波澜壮阔 | bō lán zhuàng kuò | surging forward with great momentum; unfolding on a magnificent scale |
| 力挽狂澜 | lì wǎn kuáng lán | to pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom); fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis |
| 澜沧县 | Lán cāng Xiàn | see 瀾滄拉祜族自治縣|澜沧拉祜族自治县[Lan2 cang1 La1 hu4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |
| 澜沧江 | Lán cāng Jiāng | Lancang River, the upper course (in southwestern China) of the Mekong River 湄公河[Mei2 gong1… |
| 杨澜 | Yáng Lán | Yang Lan (1968-), Chinese media proprietor, journalist, and talk show hostess |
| 澜沧 | Lán cāng | see 瀾滄拉祜族自治縣|澜沧拉祜族自治县[Lan2 cang1 La1 hu4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |