爛

Simplified: 烂

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làn ㄌㄢˋ

- soft mushy
- well-cooked and soft
- to rot to decompose
- rotten
- worn out
- chaotic messy
- utterly thoroughly
- crappy bad

Other words read làn

In the same tone

濫 làn overflowing

lan with other tones

藍 lán blue
蘭 lán orchid
攔 lán block sb's path
欄 lán fence
籃 lán basket
懶 lǎn lazy
攬 lǎn monopolize
瀾 lán swelling water
覽 lǎn look at
闌 lán railing
纜 lǎn cable
欖 lǎn olive

All 25 words read lan in any tone

The stroke order and parts of 爛

部首 radical: 火
笔画 strokes: 21, with 17 after the 部首
结构 structure: 左右结构
偏旁 parts: 火闌
形旁 meaning: 火
声旁 sound: 闌

Practise writing 爛this character

Trace 爛, then write it from memory. Each stage is passed five times.

Potential verbal descriptions

腐(fǔ)爛(làn)的(de)爛(làn) fǔlàn de làn ㄈㄨˇ ㄌㄢˋ ˙ㄉㄜㄌㄢˋ

Words with 爛

Starting with 爛

爛泥 lànní mud
爛熟 lànshú overripe
爛攤子 làntānzi shambles
爛漫 lànmàn unaffected
爛醉如泥 lànzuìrúní be plastered
爛醉 lànzuì dead drunk
爛尾樓 lànwěilóu uncompleted building
爛賬 lànzhàng disorganized accounts
爛糊 lànhu very soft and mushy from prolonged cooking
爛舌頭 lànshétóu gossip
爛好人 lànhǎorén sb who tries to be on good terms with everyone
爛尾 lànwěi derailed

All 23 words starting with 爛

Ending with 爛

燦爛 cànlàn glitter
腐爛 fǔlàn rot
破爛 pòlàn worn-out
糜爛 mílàn dissipated
稀爛 xīlàn mushy
砸爛 zálàn smash
絢爛 xuànlàn splendid
潰爛 kuìlàn fester
朽爛 xiǔlàn rotten
稀巴爛 xībālàn smashed up
霉爛 méilàn mold
海枯石爛 hǎikūshílàn forever

All 24 words ending with 爛

Containing 爛

天真爛漫 tiānzhēnlànmàn innocent and unaffected
焦頭爛額 jiāotóulàn'é fig. hard-pressed
滾瓜爛熟 gǔnguālànshú fig. to know fluently
三寸不爛之舌 sāncùnbùlànzhīshé have a silver tongue
陳谷子爛芝麻 chéngǔzilànzhīma lit. stale grain, overcooked sesame
廢銅爛鐵 fèitónglàntiě scrap metal
死纏爛打 sǐchánlàndǎ pester
好記性不如爛筆頭 hǎojìxìngbùrúlànbǐtóu palest ink is better than the best memory
燦爛多彩 cànlànduōcǎi multicolored splendor
糜爛性毒劑 mílànxìngdújì vesicant
肉爛在鍋裡 ròulànzàiguōlǐ lit. the meat falls apart as it stews, but it all stays in the pot

Example sentences and grammar articles using 爛

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