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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 阿兰

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
阿兰 Ā lán - Alan, Allen, Allan, Alain etc (name)
- A-lan (Chinese female name)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 23,000 38,563 56,565

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
Ā- abbr. for country names that begin with 阿[a1]: Algeria 阿爾及利亞|阿尔及利亚[A1er3ji2li4ya4], Afghanistan 阿富汗[A1fu4han4] etc
ā- prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity
- used in transliteration
- also pr. [a4]
ē- (literary) to flatter; to curry favor with
lán- surname Lan
- abbr. for Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[Lan2zhou1], Gansu
lán- orchid (蘭花|兰花 Cymbidium goeringii)
- fragrant thoroughwort (蘭草|兰草 Eupatorium fortunei)
- lily magnolia (木蘭|木兰)

Other Words Containing 阿兰

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
阿兰 - - 23,000 38,563 56,565