| 西米德兰兹 | Xī mǐ dé lán zī | West Midlands, UK county, capital Birmingham 伯明翰 |
| 西米德兰兹郡 | Xī mǐ dé lán zī jùn | West Midlands, UK county, capital Birmingham 伯明翰 |
| 西兰花 | xī lán huā | broccoli |
| 贺兰山 | Hè lán shān | Helan mountains in Yinchuan 银川, Ningxia between Ningxia and Inner Mongolia |
| 贺兰山脉 | Hè lán shān mài | Helan mountains in Yinchuan 银川, Ningxia between Ningxia and Inner Mongolia |
| 贺兰县 | Hè lán xiàn | Helan county in Yinchuan 银川, Ningxia |
| 达兰萨拉 | Dá lán sà lā | Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh, north India, home of Tibetan government in exile |
| 都兰 | Dū lán | Dulan county in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州, Qinghai |
| 都兰县 | Dū lán xiàn | Dulan county in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州, Qinghai |
| 里奥格兰德 | lǐ ào gé lán dé | Rio Grande (Brasil) |
| 金兰 | jīn lán | profound friendship; sworn brotherhood |
| 金兰谱 | jīn lán pǔ | lit. directory of golden orchids; fig. genealogical record (esp. exchanged between sworn brothers) |
| 锡兰 | Xī lán | Ceylon (former name of Sri Lanka) |
| 阿斯兰 | ā sī lán | Aslan (from the Narnia chronicles) |
| 阿特兰蒂斯 | Ā tè lán dì sī | Atlantis |
| 阿兰 | Ā lán | Alan, Allen, Allan, Alain etc (name); A-lan (Chinese female name) |
| 阿兰文 | Ā lán wén | Aramaic |
| 阿兰若 | ā lán ruò | variant of 兰若, Buddhist temple (translit. of Sanskrit Aranyakah) |
| 双蕊兰 | shuāng ruǐ lán | double-stamen orchid (Diplandrorchis sinica S.C. Chen), an endangered species |
| 雪佛兰 | Xuě fó lán | Chevrolet |
| 革兰氏 | Gé lán shì | Mr Gram; Dr. Hans Christian Jaochim Gram (1953-1938), Danish doctor and inventor of the Gram stain 革兰氏染色法 |
| 革兰氏染色法 | Gé lán shì rǎn sè fǎ | Gram stain (used to distinguished two different kinds of bacteria) |
| 革兰氏阴性 | Gé lán shì yīn xìng | Gram negative (bacteria that do not retain Gram stain, often the more dangerous kind) |
| 革兰阳 | gé lán yáng | Gram-positive (bacteria) |
| 革兰阳性 | gé lán yáng xìng | Gram-positive (bacteria) |
| 香子兰 | xiāng zǐ lán | vanilla; Vanilla planifolia |
| 香草兰 | xiāng cǎo lán | vanilla (Vanilla planifolia) |
| 马兰基地 | Mǎ lán jī dì | Malan atomic test site in Bayin'guoleng Mongol autonomous prefecture 巴音郭愣蒙古自治州, Xinjiang |
| 马兰花 | mǎ lán huā | iris; Iris tectorum |
| 马里兰 | Mǎ lǐ lán | Maryland, US state |
| 马里兰州 | Mǎ lǐ lán zhōu | Maryland, US state |
| 凤眼兰 | fèng yǎn lán | water hyacinth |
| 麦克米兰 | Mài kè mǐ lán | McMillan or MacMillan (name); Harold Macmillan (1894-1986), UK conservative politician, prime minister 1957-1963 |
| 龙舌兰 | lóng shé lán | Agave americana (poisonous desert plant of Mexico); tequila |
