栏杆 meaning in English

lángān

railing; banister

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 欄杆16 strokes

Meaning of 栏杆

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

lángān
  1. railing
  2. banister

栏杆 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā的de单dān车chē撞zhuàng上shàng了le栏lán杆gān。
His bike ran into a guard-rail.
我wǒ们men的de栏lán杆gān是shì铁tiě做zuò的de。
Our fence is made of iron.
齐qí莉lì将jiāng花huā儿ér放fàng在zài了le阳yáng台tái的de栏lán杆gān上shàng。
Ziri placed flowers on the balcony railing.
那nà是shì个gè坚jiān固gù的de栏lán杆gān。
This is a sturdy handrail.
他tā在zài栏lán杆gān之zhī后hòu。
He is behind the railing.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

栏 lán · fence · 9 strokes

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杆 gǎn · stick · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 栏杆.

栏目lánmùregular column or segment (in a publication or broadcast program); program (TV or radio)
专栏zhuānlánspecial column
栅栏zhàlánfence
围栏wéilánfencing; railings
球杆qiúgānclub (golf); cue (billiards)
杆子gānzipole
电线杆diànxiàngānelectric pole; telephone pole
杠杆gànggǎnlever; pry bar
铁杆tiěgāniron (golf club)
护栏hùlánguardrail; railing
杆菌gǎnjūnbacillus (any rod-shaped bacteria)
桅杆wéigānmast

Questions about 栏杆

What does 栏杆 mean?

栏杆 (lángān) means "railing; banister" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 栏杆?

栏杆 is made of 2 characters: 栏 (9 strokes), 杆 (7 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

Is 栏杆 an HSK word?

Yes. 栏杆 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 栏杆 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 栏杆 is written 欄杆.