拦

攔
lán
HSK 5
#1,993 most
frequent character
cut off, hinder
verb

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

拦 lán pairs 扌 a hand as the meaning part with 兰 lán for sound. It first meant to stop or obstruct. It grew to mean to block someone's path and to flag down.

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Example Sentences

他拦住了那只小狗。
tā lánzhù le nàzhī xiǎogǒu 。
He stopped that little dog.
你不能拦着我做决定。
nǐ bùnéng lán zháo wǒ zuò juédìng 。
You can't hinder me from making a decision.
警察拦住了车。
jǐngchá lánzhù le chē 。
The police stopped the car.

Words with similar meanings

阻止zǔzhǐ
to stop
阻止 emphasizes the act of preventing something from occurring, often resulting in a more definitive halt than 拦.
挡dǎng
to block
挡 suggests a physical obstruction in addition to the idea of stopping, often with a sense of being in the way.

Homophones

HSK 3
蓝lán
blue, indigo plant
栏lán
"column (of page, table, or newspaper)"
兰lán
orchid (蘭花|兰花 Cymbidium goeringii)

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