lán

HSK 7-9
common
verb

Meaning of

拦 means block; hold back; prevent passage; face directly; be opposite to (a body part). Pronounced lán. HSK 7-9.

  • block; hold back; prevent passage
  • face directly; be opposite to (a body part)

Character Info

Radical
Strokes12
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Qián
miàn
yǒu
dào
lán
zhù
le
 

A river ahead blocked the way.

yuàn
jiù
ba
 
jiā
jué
lán
 

If you want to go, go ahead; the family will never stop you.

gāng
yào
shuō
huà
 
bèi
ge
lán
huí
le
 

He was just about to speak when his older brother cut him off.

Jǐng
chá
lán
zhù
le
liàng
de
chē
 

The police stopped that suspicious car.

yào
lán
zhe
hái
zi
zuò
xiǎng
zuò
de
shì
qíng
 

Don't stop the child from doing what he wants to do.