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CHINESE CHARACTER

lán

篮

篮

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basket

Numbered pinyin
lan2
English meanings
basket; (in 篮球) basketball

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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    tā他měi每tiān天dǎ打lánqiú篮球。

    He plays basketball every day.

  2. 02

    lán篮zi子lǐ里zhuāng装mǎn满le了shuǐguǒ水果。

    The basket is full of fruit.

  3. 03

    māma妈妈mǎi买le了yī一gè个zhú竹lán篮。

    Mom bought a bamboo basket.

Explore words connected to this character.

  • 篮球
  • 篮子
  • 花篮
  • 摇篮
  • 竹篮