揽 (lǎn): to monopolize, to seize, to take into one's arms, to embrace, to fasten (with a rope etc)
揽 (lǎn) is a Chinese character meaning “to monopolize.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 览 (phonetic). It ranks #2634 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 揽 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- to monopolize
- to seize
- to take into one's arms
- to embrace
- to fasten (with a rope etc)
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 招揽 | zhāo lǎn | to attract (customers) |
| 一揽子 | yī lǎn zi | all-inclusive |
| 包揽 | bāo lǎn | to take it all upon oneself |
| 独揽 | dú lǎn | to monopolize |
| 大包大揽 | dà bāo dà lǎn | to take complete charge (idiom) |
| 揽客 | lǎn kè | to solicit customers |
| 总揽 | zǒng lǎn | to assume full responsibility |
| 收揽 | shōu lǎn | to win the support of |
| 延揽 | yán lǎn | to recruit talent |
| 九天揽月 | jiǔ tiān lǎn yuè | (idiom) to reach for the stars |
| 招揽生意 | zhāo lǎn shēng yi | to advertise |
| 独揽市场 | dú lǎn shì chǎng | to monopolize a market |
| 招风揽火 | zhāo fēng lǎn huǒ | see 招風惹草|招风惹草[zhao1 feng1 re3 cao3] |
| 包揽词讼 | bāo lǎn cí sòng | to canvas for lawsuits (idiom) |
| 揽收 | lǎn shōu | (of a courier) to pick up |
揽 appears in 21 compound words: 24 as the first character, 48 as the last, and 29 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 揽 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Example Sentences
揽照镜子，整理一下自己的仪容。
lǎn zhào jìng zǐ , zhěng lǐ yī xià zì jǐ de yí róng .
Take a look in the mirror and tidy up your appearance.
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wén huà zī yuán fù néng xīn chūn tǐ yàn hé nán chūn jié jiǎ qī lǎn kè 6 2 8 1 wàn rén cì
Cultural resources empower the New Year experience Henan attracted 62.81 million visitors during the Spring Festival holiday
谷爱凌李方慧包揽冠亚军,中国体育代表团创历史
gǔ ài líng lǐ fāng huì bāo lǎn guàn yà jūn , zhōng guó tǐ yù dài biǎo tuán chuàng lì shǐ
Gu Ailing and Li Fanghui won the championship and runner-up, and the Chinese sports delegation made history
谷爱凌U型场地技巧决赛夺金 中国队包揽冠亚军
gǔ ài líng U xíng chǎng dì jì qiǎo jué sài duó jīn zhōng guó duì bāo lǎn guàn yà jūn
Gu Ailing won the gold medal in the U-shaped court skills final, and the Chinese team won the championship and runner-up
...冬奥|谷爱凌夺个人首金强势卫冕 国家队包揽U型场地技巧金银牌
. . . dōng ào gǔ ài líng duó gè rén shǒu jīn qiáng shì wèi 冕 guó jiā duì bāo lǎn U xíng chǎng dì jì qiǎo jīn yín pái
... Winter Olympics|Gu Ailing won her first gold medal and defended her title strongly, and the national team won the gold and silver medals in U-shaped field skills
Character Family
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