篮 (lán): basket (receptacle), basket (in basketball)
篮 (lán) is a Chinese character meaning “basket (receptacle).” Classified as HSK Level 2 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of ⺮ (semantic) and 监 (phonetic). It ranks #2287 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 篮 bamboo. Its radical form 竹 (bamboo) appears in many related characters such as 笑 (xiào, to laugh), 第 (dì, (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六 "sixth")), 等 (děng, to wait for).
Definitions
- basket (receptacle)
- basket (in basketball)
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 篮
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 篮子noun | lán zi | basket |
| 投篮verb | tóu lán | (basketball) to shoot for the basket |
| 摇篮noun | yáo lán | cradle (for a baby) |
| 篮球队 | lán qiú duì | basketball team |
| 扣篮noun | kòu lán | slam dunk |
| 篮球场noun | lán qiú chǎng | basketball court |
| 摇篮曲noun | yáo lán qǔ | lullaby |
| 篮筐noun | lán kuāng | basket |
| 篮板noun | lán bǎn | backboard |
| 篮板球noun | lán bǎn qiú | rebound (basketball) |
| 竹篮noun | zhú lán | wicker basket |
| 女篮noun | nǚ lán | women's basketball |
| 男篮noun | nán lán | men's basketball |
| 男子篮球 | nán zǐ lán qiú | men's basketball |
| 捡到篮里就是菜 | jiǎn dào lán lǐ jiù shì cài | all is grist that comes to the mill (idiom) |
篮 appears in 29 compound words: 31 as the first character, 41 as the last, and 28 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 篮 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
篮字在不同的语境中有不同的用法。
lán zì zài bù tóng de yǔ jìng zhōng yǒu bù tóng de yòng fǎ .
The character "篮" has different usages in different contexts.
世界杯男篮/海峡大战先发出炉!雷蒙恩继续先发 力拼...
shì jiè bēi nán lán hǎi xiá dà zhàn xiān fā chū lú ! léi méng ēn jì xù xiān fā lì pīn . . .
World Cup men's basketball team/Straits war first! Raymond continues to take the lead...
男公园练投篮“球滚路中”害雷残 索国赔吞败
nán gōng yuán liàn tóu lán qiú gǔn lù zhōng hài léi cán suǒ guó péi tūn bài
Men's park practice shooting "ball rolling in the road" harms thunder and damages the country to compensate for defeat
世界杯男篮/5738人见证!中华队击溃韩国 球评:...
shì jiè bēi nán lán 5 7 3 8 rén jiàn zhèng ! zhōng huá duì jī kuì hán guó qiú píng : . . .
World Cup men's basketball team/5738 people witnessed! The Chinese team defeated South Korea Commentary:...
NBA/灌篮大赛太难看!太阳老板开百万美元奖金想让球...
N B A guàn lán dà sài tài nán kàn ! tài yáng lǎo bǎn kāi bǎi wàn měi yuán jiǎng jīn xiǎng ràng qiú . . .
NBA/Slam Dunk Contest is too ugly! The Suns boss opened a million dollar prize and wanted to let the ball...
世界杯男篮/游艾喆遭割舍 中华男篮抗韩12人名单出...
shì jiè bēi nán lán yóu ài 喆 zāo gē shě zhōng huá nán lán kàng hán 1 2 rén míng dān chū . . .
World Cup Men's Basketball Team/You Aizhe was cut off The list of 12 people of the Chinese men's basketball team to resist South Korea was released...
您为什么喜欢打篮球？
Nín wèishénme xǐhuan dǎ lánqiú?
Why do you like playing basketball?
宝宝在摇篮里入睡了。
Bǎobǎo zài yáolán lǐ rùshuì le.
The baby fell asleep in the cradle.
婴儿在摇篮中睡觉。
Yīng'ér zài yáolán zhōng shuìjiào.
The baby was sleeping in the cradle.
篮子里装满了草莓。
Lánzi lǐ zhuāngmǎn le cǎoméi.
The basket was full of strawberries.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the ⺮ (bamboo) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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