澜沧江

瀾滄江
Láncāng Jiāng
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Lancang River, the upper course of the Mekong in China, flowing from Qinghai through Tibet and Yunnan

Examples

HSK 2
景洪市就在澜沧江边上。
Jǐnghóng Shì jiù zài Láncāng Jiāng biānshang.
Jinghong lies right on the Lancang River.
HSK 4
Láncāng Jiāng liúchū Zhōngguó yǐhòu jiù jiào Méigōnghé.
Once the Lancang flows out of China it is called the Mekong.

Tips

culture
It rises with the Yangtze and the Yellow River in the 三江源 region of Qinghai. Below Yunnan it becomes the 湄公河, the Mekong, and flows on along Myanmar and through Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam to the South China Sea.

Stroke Order

澜 lán
沧 cāng
江 jiāng