Hanzi
Traditional
Simplified

basket (receptacle)/basket (in basketball)

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 2

Pinyin

lán

Bopomofo

ㄌㄢˊ

Jyutping

laam4

Example sentences

我們星期天去打籃球。
我们星期天去打篮球。

We go play basketball on Sundays.

我喜歡打籃球。
我喜欢打篮球。

I like playing basketball.

黃河流域是中華文化的搖籃。
黄河流域是中华文化的摇篮。

The Yellow River basin is the cradle of Chinese culture.

黃河是中華文明的搖籃。
黄河是中华文明的摇篮。

The Yellow River is the cradle of Chinese civilization.

籃子裡裝滿了水果。
篮子里装满了水果。

The basket is filled with fruit.

一共 yígòng
這籃水果一共賣了五百元。
这篮水果一共卖了五百元。

This basket of fruit was sold for five hundred yuan in total.

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