缆

纜

lǎn

noun #19,476

Measure Word

一根缆绳 gēn

Meanings

1 cable
2 hawser
3 mooring rope
4 to moor (a boat)

Characters

cable; hawser; mooring rope

Examples

缆车沿着陡峭的山坡缓缓上升。

Lǎn chē yánzhe dǒuqiào de shānpō huǎnhuǎn shàngshēng.

The cable car slowly ascended along the steep mountainside.

工人们铺设了海底电缆。

Gōngrénmen pūshè le hǎidǐ diànlǎn.

Workers laid undersea cables.

Tips

usage

缆 appears in 缆车 (lǎnchē, cable car), 缆绳 (lǎnshéng, mooring rope/hawser), 电缆 (diànlǎn, electric cable), and 光缆 (guānglǎn, fiber-optic cable).

Stroke Order

缆 lǎn