闌珊

See also: 阑珊

Chinese

		door-screen; exhausted; late	coral
trad. (闌珊)		闌	珊
simp. (阑珊)		阑	珊

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lánshān

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄢˊ ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laan⁴ saan¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): lang⁵ sang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lánshān
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˊ ㄕㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lánshan
    • Wade–Giles: lan²-shan¹
    • Yale: lán-shān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lanshan
    • Palladius: ланьшань (lanʹšanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /län³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: laan⁴ saan¹
    • Yale: làahn sāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laan⁴ saan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lan⁴ san¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːn²¹ saːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lang⁵ sang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lâng sang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ saŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: lan san

Rime
Character	闌	珊
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	落干切	蘇干切
Baxter	lan	san
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɑn/	/sɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/lɑn/	/sɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/lɑn/	/sɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lan/	/san/
Li Rong	/lɑn/	/sɑn/
Wang Li	/lɑn/	/sɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/lɑn/	/sɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lán	sān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	laan4	saan1

Verb

闌珊

1. (literary) to weaken; to wane; to decline

Derived terms

• 意興闌珊／意兴阑珊 (yìxìnglánshān)
• 春事闌珊／春事阑珊
• 春意闌珊／春意阑珊 (chūnyìlánshān)
• 燈火闌珊／灯火阑珊 (dēnghuǒlánshān)

 

Adjective

闌珊

1. (literary) scattered; disordered