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(Trad.: 籃)
Pinyin: lán
English Definition: basket (receptacle); basket (in basketball)
Chinese Definition:
①用藤、竹、柳条编成的有提梁的盛物器:网篮。藤篮。竹篮。花篮。
②架上供投球用的带网铁圈:篮球。投篮。
Total strokes: 16; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (bamboo) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • [ zhú ] bamboo; flute
    • [ jiān ] to supervise, to direct, to control; to inspect; prison, jail
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Example Words
篮球 lán qiú basketball; Classifiers:
摇篮 yáo lán cradle
男篮 nán lán men's basketball; men's basketball team
篮板球 lán bǎn qiú rebound (basketball)
竹篮 zhú lán wicker basket
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Example Sentences
1
Where are you off to with that basket of fruit?
2
After a while, an elderly man approached along the track, followed several steps behind by his wife. She was carrying a basket of fruit.
3
He looked like a walking laundry basket, but the head nurse recognized him as a child and bellowed, "Get that kid out of here now! No children are allowed.
4
The player dropped the ball through the basket.
5
But Yao didn't shoot once there because Hornets didn't leave him any chance, thinking he can find hoop in this area.