Meaning
overcooked; rotten; soft
Chinese: 破碎、腐坏，也表示程度深。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “lan” becomes a different word in each tone. 烂 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 灿烂càn lànto glitter; brilliant; splendid
- 腐烂fǔ lànto rot; to putrefy; (fig.) corrupt
- 烂人làn rén(coll.) scumbag; lowlife; asshole
- 度烂dù lànsee 赌烂
- 比烂bǐ lànto compare two unsatisfactory things; to argue that others have similar or worse faults (as a response to criticism); whataboutery
Example Sentence
这个苹果已经烂了，不能吃了。Zhè ge píng guǒ yǐ jīng làn le, bù néng chī le.This apple has gone rotten and cannot be eaten.
这个Zhè ge(pronoun) this苹果píng guǒApple (American tech compa已经yǐ jīngalready烂lànsoft了le(completed action)，不能bù néngcannot吃chīto eat了le(completed action)。