榄 (lǎn): (bound form) olive
榄 (lǎn) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) olive.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (semantic) and 览 (phonetic). It ranks #2012 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 榄 tree. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 木 (mù, wood/tree), 林 (lín, forest, woods), 森 (sēn, forest (dense)).
Definitions
- (bound form) olive
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 橄榄球 | gǎn lǎn qiú | football played with oval-shaped ball (rugby, American football, Australian rules etc) |
| 橄榄 | gǎn lǎn | Chinese olive |
| 橄榄油 | gǎn lǎn yóu | olive oil |
| 橄榄枝noun | gǎn lǎn zhī | olive branch |
| 橄榄树noun | gǎn lǎn shù | olive tree |
| 橄榄绿 | gǎn lǎn lǜ | olive-green (color) |
| 山榄科 | shān lǎn kē | Sapotaceae (botany) |
| 美式橄榄球 | měi shì gǎn lǎn qiú | American football |
| 原生橄榄油 | yuán shēng gǎn lǎn yóu | virgin olive oil |
| 英式橄榄球 | yīng shì gǎn lǎn qiú | rugby |
| 榄角noun | lǎn jiǎo | black olive (Canarium tramdenum) |
| 橄榄山 | gǎn lǎn shān | Mount of Olives (in the Christian passion story) |
| 橄榄石 | gǎn lǎn shí | olivine (rock-forming mineral magnesium-iron silicate (Mg,Fe)2SiO4) |
| 澳式橄榄球 | ào shì gǎn lǎn qiú | Australian rules football |
| 油橄榄 | yóu gǎn lǎn | olive (Olea europaea) |
榄 appears in 17 compound words: 6 as the first character, 18 as the last, and 76 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 榄 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
此外，女子七人制橄榄球、女子现代五项等项目也经历了类似的“跳跃”步骤。
cǐ wài , nǚ zǐ qī rén zhì gǎn lǎn qiú , nǚ zǐ xiàn dài wǔ xiàng děng xiàng mù yě jīng lì le lèi sì de tiào yuè bù zhòu .
In addition, sports such as women’s 7-a-side rugby and women’s modern pentathlon have also gone through a similar “leap forward.”
华为现有产品页列出的配色为星际蓝、活力橙、零度白、橄榄金和幻夜黑。
huá wéi xiàn yǒu chǎn pǐn yè liè chū de pèi sè wéi xīng jì lán , huó lì chéng , líng dù bái , gǎn lǎn jīn hé huàn yè hēi .
The color options listed on Huawei's current product page are Interstellar Blue, Vibrant Orange, Zero-Degree White, Olive Gold, and Phantom Night Black.
腰旗橄榄球与橄榄球有什么区别？
yāo qí gǎn lǎn qiú yǔ gǎn lǎn qiú yǒu shén me qū bié ?
What is the difference between flag football and football?
第二届云顶碗世界名校腰旗橄榄球邀请赛落幕
dì èr jiè yún dǐng wǎn shì jiè míng xiào yāo qí gǎn lǎn qiú yāo qǐng sài luò mù
The Second Genting Bowl World Elite Universities Flag Football Invitational Comes to a Close
就在班宇完成《漫长的季节》之后不久，导演辛爽递来橄榄枝，邀请他加入剧组参与创作。
jiù zài bān yǔ wán chéng màn cháng de jì jié zhī hòu bù jiǔ , dǎo yǎn xīn shuǎng dì lái gǎn lǎn zhī , yāo qǐng tā jiā rù jù zǔ cān yǔ chuàng zuò .
Shortly after Ban Yu finished *The Long Season*, director Xin Shuang extended an invitation, asking him to join the production team and contribute to the creative process.
Character Family
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