Chinese Word: 缆 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

缆 (Trad.: 纜)

Pinyin: lǎn

English Definition: cable; hawser; to moor

Chinese Definition:
①系船用的粗绳或铁索：缆绳。缆索。缆桩。解缆。
②泛指许多股拧成的像缆的东西：电缆。钢缆。
③用绳索栓住：缆舟。一纵不可缆。

Total strokes: 12; Radical: 糸

Pictophonetic:览 indicates the sound; 纟 (thread) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 纟 [ sī ] silk; thread
- 览 [ lǎn ] to look over, to inspect, to view, to perceive

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电缆	diàn lǎn	(electric) cable
光缆	guāng lǎn	optical cable
缆车	lǎn chē	cable car
缆绳	lǎn shéng	cable; hawser; mooring rope
钢缆	gāng lǎn	steel cable; wire cable; steel hawser

1		xīn 新 chuán 船 kǎn 砍 lǎn 缆 xià shuǐ 下水。 The new ship cut her cable and slipped into the water.
2		nín 您 de 的 jù 巨 lǎn 缆 yī rán 依然 tūn tǔ 吞吐 zhe 着 běi dà xī yáng 北大西洋。 Thy cables breathe the North Atlantic still.
3		liǎng zuò 两座 jù 巨 tǎ 塔 zhī chēng 支撑 zhe 着 sì 四 gēn 根 cū dà 粗大 de 的 gāng 纲 lǎn 缆。 Two great towers support four huge cables.
4		yǎng 仰 tǎng xià 躺下， shuāng shǒu 双手 gè 各 zhuā 抓 yī gè 一个 yǎ líng 哑铃 huò zhě 或者 lā 拉 lǎn 缆。 Lie on your back and grasp a dumbbell or cable handles in each hand.
5		yī tiáo 一条 xiǎo 小 jīn qiāng yú 金枪鱼 yǎo zhù 咬住 le 了 tā 他 wěi 艉 lǎn 缆 shàng 上 de 的 yú gōu 鱼钩。 A small one took the hook on his stern line.

1		xīn 新 chuán 船 kǎn 砍 lǎn 缆 xià shuǐ 下水。 The new ship cut her cable and slipped into the water.
2		nín 您 de 的 jù 巨 lǎn 缆 yī rán 依然 tūn tǔ 吞吐 zhe 着 běi dà xī yáng 北大西洋。 Thy cables breathe the North Atlantic still.
3		liǎng zuò 两座 jù 巨 tǎ 塔 zhī chēng 支撑 zhe 着 sì 四 gēn 根 cū dà 粗大 de 的 gāng 纲 lǎn 缆。 Two great towers support four huge cables.
4		yǎng 仰 tǎng xià 躺下， shuāng shǒu 双手 gè 各 zhuā 抓 yī gè 一个 yǎ líng 哑铃 huò zhě 或者 lā 拉 lǎn 缆。 Lie on your back and grasp a dumbbell or cable handles in each hand.
5		yī tiáo 一条 xiǎo 小 jīn qiāng yú 金枪鱼 yǎo zhù 咬住 le 了 tā 他 wěi 艉 lǎn 缆 shàng 上 de 的 yú gōu 鱼钩。 A small one took the hook on his stern line.