"闌干" meaning in Chinese

See 闌干 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /län³⁵ kän⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 阑干 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} 闌干
  1. (literary) crisscross Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-闌干-zh-adj-CFe-fFHd Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 21

Noun

IPA: /län³⁵ kän⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 阑干 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 闌干
  1. (alt. form 欄杆) banister; balustrade; railing Synonyms: 欄杆 (lángān)
    Sense id: en-闌干-zh-noun-IMBito8S
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "阑干",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "闌干",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "59 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "57 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "79 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "crisscross"
      ],
      "id": "en-闌干-zh-adj-CFe-fFHd",
      "links": [
        [
          "crisscross",
          "crisscross"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) crisscross"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lángān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄢˊ ㄍㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lángān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄢˊ ㄍㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lángan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lan²-kan¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lán-gān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "langan"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lanʹganʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ланьгань"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/län³⁵ kän⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "欄杆",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "闌干",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lan kan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "闌干"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "阑干",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "闌干",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "banister; balustrade; railing"
      ],
      "id": "en-闌干-zh-noun-IMBito8S",
      "links": [
        [
          "欄杆",
          "欄杆#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "banister",
          "banister"
        ],
        [
          "balustrade",
          "balustrade"
        ],
        [
          "railing",
          "railing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(alt. form 欄杆) banister; balustrade; railing"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "lángān",
          "word": "欄杆"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lángān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄢˊ ㄍㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lángān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄢˊ ㄍㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lángan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lan²-kan¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lán-gān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "langan"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lanʹganʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ланьгань"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/län³⁵ kän⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "欄杆",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "闌干",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lan kan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "闌干"
}
{
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    "Chinese adjectives",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 干",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 闌",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Middle Chinese adjectives",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Middle Chinese nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "阑干",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "闌干",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese literary terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "crisscross"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "crisscross",
          "crisscross"
        ]
      ],
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        "(literary) crisscross"
      ],
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        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lángān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄢˊ ㄍㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lángān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄢˊ ㄍㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lángan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lan²-kan¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lán-gān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "langan"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lanʹganʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ланьгань"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/län³⁵ kän⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "欄杆",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "闌干",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lan kan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "闌干"
}

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    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
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    "Chinese terms spelled with 闌",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Middle Chinese adjectives",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Middle Chinese nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
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        "banister; balustrade; railing"
      ],
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          "欄杆",
          "欄杆#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "banister",
          "banister"
        ],
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          "balustrade",
          "balustrade"
        ],
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          "railing",
          "railing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(alt. form 欄杆) banister; balustrade; railing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lángān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄢˊ ㄍㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lángān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄢˊ ㄍㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lángan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lan²-kan¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lán-gān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "langan"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lanʹganʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ланьгань"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/län³⁵ kän⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "欄杆",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "闌干",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lan kan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "lángān",
      "word": "欄杆"
    }
  ],
  "word": "闌干"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 闌干 meaning in Chinese (3.7kB)

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