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橄榄

橄欖
gǎn lǎn

Meanings

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gǎn lǎn
  1. 1.Chinese olive
  2. 2.olive

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.Chinese olive (Canarium album)
  2. 2.European olive (Olea europaea)

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Etymology

Borrowed from a Kra-Dai language in ancient times. Compare Zhuang gyamj (“olive”), Lao ເຫລືອມ (lư̄am, “Canarium kerrii”), ເກິມ (kœm, “Canarium venosum”), as well as Middle Vietnamese tlám (“olive”) (from earlier < *klam; Modern trám).

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Stroke order

Components

橄木敢
榄木览

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Characters

橄榄

Example sentences

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More examples & usage (AI)

Synonyms

青果橄欖果欖欖仔草橄欖檳榔欖果

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Derived terms

橄欖仙橄榄仙橄欖僊橄欖子橄榄子橄欖孫橄榄孙橄欖山橄榄山橄欖岩橄榄岩橄欖枝橄榄枝橄欖樹橄榄树橄欖油橄榄油橄欖球橄榄球橄欖石橄榄石橄欖糖橄榄糖橄欖綠橄榄绿橄欖色橄榄色橄欖菜橄榄菜橄欖香

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Related words

橄榄岩 peridotite (geology)橄榄绿 olive-green (color)橄榄油 olive oil橄榄枝 olive branch橄榄山 Mount of Olives (in the Christian passion story)油橄榄 olive (Olea europaea)橄榄石 olivine (rock-forming mineral magnesium-iron silicate (Mg,Fe)2SiO4)橄榄树 olive tree橄榄球 football played with oval-shaped ball (rugby, American football, Australian rules etc)美式橄榄球 American football原生橄榄油 virgin olive oil澳式橄榄球 Australian rules football; Aussie rules