DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

鐵蘭屬

简铁兰属 · 繁鐵蘭屬

Mandarin · pinyin tiě lán shǔ

(loanword) genus Tillandsia; air plants (more commonly known as 空氣鳳梨 kōng qì fèng lí)

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

鐵: Look up this written character
蘭: Look up this written character
屬: Look up this written character
铁: tiě · iron; strong, solid, firm
兰: lán · orchid; elegant, graceful
属: shǔ · class, category, type; belong to

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

3–2–3 · tie3 lan2 shu3

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

3character links1source reference

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

鐵蘭屬 · find source passages ↗ · 铁兰属 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗