Hanzi
Traditional
Simplified

blue/indigo plant

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 2

Pinyin

lán, la

Bopomofo

ㄌㄢˊ, ㄌㄚ˙

Jyutping

laam4

Example sentences

天空很藍。
天空很蓝。

The sky is very blue.

藍藍的天空中飄著幾朵白雲。
蓝蓝的天空中飘著几朵白云。

A few white clouds are floating in the blue sky.

藍天上飄著白雲。
蓝天上飘著白云。

White clouds float in the blue sky.

白雲在藍天上飄。
白云在蓝天上飘。

White clouds float in the blue sky.

我喜歡藍色的衣服。
我喜欢蓝色的衣服。

I like blue clothes.

huò
你喜歡紅色或藍色?
你喜欢红色或蓝色?

Do you like red or blue?

湛藍的海水與天空連成一線。
湛蓝的海水与天空连成一线。

The deep blue sea and sky meet at the horizon.

白色的雲朵在湛藍的天空中飄蕩。
白色的云朵在湛蓝的天空中飘荡。

White clouds are drifting in the deep blue sky.

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