Railing in Chinese: 栏杆 (lán gān)

lán gān

railing

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 欄杆1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1railing
  2. 2banister

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ㄌㄢˊ

lán

/ l/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄍㄢ

gān

/ g/ an/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

栏杆

Simplified

欄杆

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他扶着栏杆慢慢下楼。

    tā fú zhe lán gān màn màn xià lóu。

    He held the railing and slowly went downstairs.

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