làn

làn

1. meat

• Claire Lefebvre, Relabeling in Language Genesis

làn (Zhuyin ㄌㄢˋ)

1. Pinyin transcription of 嚂
2. Pinyin transcription of 壏
3. Pinyin transcription of 濫, 滥
4. Pinyin transcription of 爛, 烂
5. Pinyin transcription of 煈
6. Pinyin transcription of 爁
7. Pinyin transcription of 燗
8. Pinyin transcription of 爤
9. Pinyin transcription of 瓓
10. Pinyin transcription of 纜
11. Pinyin transcription of 缆
12. Pinyin transcription of 覻
13. Pinyin transcription of 連
14. Pinyin transcription of 鑭
15. Pinyin transcription of 镧
16. Pinyin transcription of 闌
17. Pinyin transcription of 㔋

From Old Irish lán, from Proto-Celtic *ɸlānos (compare Welsh llawn), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós.

• IPA^(key): /lɑːn/

làn (genitive singular masculine làin, genitive singular feminine làine, nominative plural làna, comparative làine)

1. full, absolute, entire, big

• làn-thìde, làn-ùine (“full-time”, adjective)
• muir-làn m (“high tide”)

làn m (genitive singular làin, plural làin)

1. fill

   Fhuair e a làn de bhrot. ― He got his fill of broth.

   Ghabh mi làn beòil uisge. ― I took a mouthful of water.

   Bha làn dùirn de bhuinn aca uile. ― They all had a handful of coins.

2. tide (high tide)

• làn-mara m (“high tide”)

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [laːn˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [laːŋ˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [laːŋ˨˩]

(classifier chiếc, cái) làn (籃, 𬅉)

1. handled handbasket with a flat bottom and wide mouth, made from rattan, rush, bamboo or plastics

   xách làn đi chợ ― to carry a hand-basket to the market

Compare lan, tràn.

làn (瀾, 𡔔, 灡, 󱞉, 𬞕)

1. Used for something moving continuously and steadily, forming a wide and flat surface, such as water (nước), wind (gió), smoke (khói) and waves (sóng): wisp; trail; puff

   làn gió ― a puff of wind

2. Used for something forming a thin, smooth layer on the outside, such as skin (da) or hair (tóc).

   làn da mịn màng ― smooth skin

From English lane.

làn

1. lane (of a road)

   làn dành cho xe buýt ― bus lane