烂

làn

“Soft” in Chinese is 烂 (làn).

Other characters with the syllable lan: see all 13 →

Meaning

soft; mushy
well-cooked and soft
to rot; to decompose

Show 5 more meanings

rotten
worn out
chaotic; messy
utterly; thoroughly
crappy; bad

Example

这些橘子已经腐烂了.

These oranges have gone bad.

From 腐烂 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Words containing 烂

灿烂cànlànto glitterHSK 7-9 腐烂fǔlànto rotHSK 7-9

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