lán

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Terms

  • lan (Pinyin without tones)
  • (Traditional Chinese)
  • (Simplified Chinese)
  • lán (Pinyin)
  • lan (Wade-Giles)

Gloss

    a railing or balustrade; literally: "pen" or "stable" (Kroll 2015, 252)1

    以竹木等做成的遮攔物。1

Works Cited

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  • 1 KROLL. 2015. A Student's Dictionary of Classical and Medieval Chinese, 252.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record

Broad Match: building frame

How to Cite This Entry

CMW S21, “ lán” in Architectura Sinica last modified April 2, 2021, https://architecturasinica.org/keyword/k000161.

Bibliography:

CMW S21, “ lán.” In Architectura Sinica, edited by Tracy Miller. Entry published April 2, 2021. https://architecturasinica.org/keyword/k000161.

About this Entry

Entry Title: lán

Authorial and Editorial Responsibility:

  • Tracy Miller, editor, Architectura Sinica
  • ZHUGE Jing 諸葛净, associate editor, Architectural Terminology
  • CMW S21, entry contributor, “ lán

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  • Website coordination by Yuh-Fen Benda
  • Data entry, adding citation information and gloss 2021 by FU Shiyi 付詩怡

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