蓝 (lán): blue
蓝 (lán) is a Chinese character meaning “blue.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 艹 (semantic) and 监 (phonetic). It ranks #1186 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 蓝 plant. Its radical form 艹 (grass) appears in many related characters such as 花 (huā, flower), 茶 (chá, tea), 菜 (cài, vegetable, dish).
Definitions
- blue
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蓝色noun | lán sè | blue (color) |
| 蓝图noun | lán tú | blueprint |
| 蓝天noun | lán tiān | blue sky |
| 甘蓝noun | gān lán | cabbage |
| 蓝宝石noun | lán bǎo shí | sapphire |
| 蓝领adjective | lán lǐng | blue-collar |
| 蔚蓝noun | wèi lán | azure |
| 湛蓝adjective | zhàn lán | azure |
| 深蓝 | shēn lán | dark blue |
| 海军蓝noun | hǎi jūn lán | navy blue |
| 蓝山proper-noun | lán shān | see 藍山縣|蓝山县 |
| 蓝本noun | lán běn | blueprint |
| 靛蓝noun | diàn lán | indigo (dye) |
| 蓝鲸noun | lán jīng | blue whale |
| 天蓝色noun | tiān lán sè | azure |
蓝 appears in 100 compound words: 57 as the first character, 26 as the last, and 17 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 蓝 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
天空是蓝色的，看起来很晴朗。
Tiānkōng shì lánsè de, kàn qǐlái hěn qínglǎng.
The sky is blue and looks very clear.
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蓝台中市长人选民众各有所好 杨阵营诉求“分...
lán tái zhōng shì cháng rén xuǎn mín zhòng gè yǒu suǒ hǎo yáng zhèn yíng sù qiú fēn . . .
The mayoral candidates of Lan Taichung have their own good people, and the Yang camp demands that "divide...
蓝白喊关税重启谈判昔前功尽弃 他批刻意渲染...
lán bái hǎn guān shuì chóng qǐ tán pàn xī qián gōng jǐn qì tā pī kè yì 渲 rǎn . . .
Blue and white shouted tariffs to restart negotiations, and he deliberately exaggerated...
万家团圆时,“交通蓝”在岗
mò jiā tuán yuán shí , jiāo tōng lán zài gāng
Traffic Blue is on duty at the time of family reunion.
“城管蓝”护“新春红” 长沙城管以坚守绘就星城团...
chéng guǎn lán hù xīn chūn hóng cháng shā chéng guǎn yǐ jiān shǒu huì jiù xīng chéng tuán . . .
"City management blue" to protect the "New Year red" Changsha city management to abide by the painting of the star...
你要绿色的还是蓝色的？
Nǐ yào lǜsè de háishi lánsè de?
Do you want the green or the blue?
你知道为什么天看起来这么蓝吗？
Nǐ zhīdào wèishénme tiān kànqǐlai zhème lán ma?
Do you know why the sky looks so blue?
红色和蓝色，你喜欢那一个?
Hóngsè hé lánsè, nǐ xǐhuan nà yī gè?
Red and blue - which one do you like?
「你今天想吃什么？」「我又想吃羽衣甘蓝了。」
「 nǐ jīntiān xiǎng chī shénme?」「 wǒ yòu xiǎng chī yǔyīgānlán le.」
"What do you want to eat today?" "I fancy kale again."
Character Family
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