| | surname Lan / abbr. for Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州, Gansu | |
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| | orchid ( 蘭花|兰花 Cymbidium goeringii) / fragrant thoroughwort ( 蘭草|兰草 Eupatorium fortunei) / lily magnolia ( 木蘭|木兰) | |
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| | Finland | |
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| | Ukraine | |
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| | Milano / Milan (Italy) | |
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| | flange (loanword) | |
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| | Northern Ireland | |
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| | Tehran, capital of Iran | |
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| | Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) | |
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| | Holland; the Netherlands | |
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| | Chevrolet | |
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| | Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk hero recorded in Sui and Tang literature | |
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| | New Zealand | |
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| | Gaolan county in Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州, Gansu | |
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| | Roland (name) | |
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| | Queensland, northeast Australian state | |
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| | profound friendship / sworn brotherhood | |
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| | Poland | |
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| | to be close friends | |
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| | Hulan district of Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨 in Heilongjiang | |
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| | spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum) | |
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| | scarlet kafir lily / Clivia miniata (botany) | |
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| | Helan county in Yinchuan 銀川|银川, Ningxia | |
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| | Auckland (New Zealand city) / Oakland (California, US city) | |
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| | Yilan city and county 宜蘭縣|宜兰县, northeast Taiwan | |
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| | Ireland | |
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| | Shulan, county-level city in Jilin prefecture 吉林, Jilin province | |
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| | England | |
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| | Meilan district of Haikou city 海口市, Hainan | |
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| | Cleveland | |
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| | Yulan magnolia | |
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| | lit. iris and orchid / fig. exalted sentiments / (expr. of praise for noble character, beautiful surrounding, future prospects etc) | |
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| | Ceylon (former name of Sri Lanka) | |
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| | Newfoundland Island, Canada | |
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| | lily magnolia (Magnolia liliflora) | |
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| | Greenland | |
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| | Islam | |
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| | Loulan, aka Kroraina, ancient oasis town on the Silk Road near Lop Nor 羅布泊|罗布泊 | |
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| | Wulan county in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州, Qinghai | |
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| | (botany) common stock; gillyflower (Matthiola incana) / (botany) violet | |
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| | Eupatorium, e.g. Japanese bog orchid (Eupatorium japonicum Thunb) | |
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| | Maryland, US state | |
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| | agave (genus of plants) / Agave americana / tequila | |
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| | Sembilan, state of southwest Malaysia | |
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| | Scotland | |
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| | holiday cactus | |
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| | Ketagalan, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, esp. northeast corner | |
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| | Gelderland, province of the Netherlands | |
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| | Flevoland, province in Netherlands | |
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| | Friesland, province of the Netherlands | |
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| | lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis) | |
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| | Ram (son of Hezron) | |
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| | Malan military base and atomic test site in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州, Xinjiang | |
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| | spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum) | |
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| | New England | |
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| | water hyacinth | |
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| | Alan, Allen, Allan, Alain etc (name) / A-lan (Chinese female name) | |
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| | Feng Youlan (1895-1990), distinguished Chinese philosopher | |
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| | McMillan or MacMillan (name) / Harold Macmillan (1894-1986), UK conservative politician, prime minister 1957-1963 | |
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| | vanilla / Vanilla planifolia | |
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| | Yilan county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨, Heilongjiang | |
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| | the Netherlands | |
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| | pansy | |
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| | Lapland (northern Europe) | |
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| | Phalaenopsis (flower genus) | |
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| | vanilla (Vanilla planifolia) | |
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| | Zhuolan or Cholan town in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县, northwest Taiwan | |
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| | snake plant aka mother-in-law's tongue (Dracaena trifasciata) | |
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| | Aslan (from the Narnia chronicles) | |
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| | Bertrand (name) | |
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| | orchid / fragrant thoroughwort / (botany) Eupatorium fortunei / Herba Eupatorii (used in Chinese medicine) | |
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| | North Holland, a province of the Netherlands | |
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| | South Holland, a province of the Netherlands | |
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| | Swaziland (Tw) | |
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| | Kavalan, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan / old name of Yilan 宜蘭|宜兰 County, Taiwan / Kavalan, a brand of single malt whisky from Taiwan | |
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| | marjoram (Origanum majorana) | |
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| | Cymbidium macrorrhizum Lindl. | |
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| | Baghlan province of north Afghanistan | |
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| | dram (1⁄16 ounce) (loanword) | |
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| | Raffarin, prime minister of France under Jacques Chirac | |
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| | Burang county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Spu hreng rdzong | |
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| | Li Jilan or Li Ye 李冶 (713-784), Tang dynasty female poet | |
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| | East Midlands, English county | |
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| | Medan (city in Indonesia) | |
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| | Leroy Merlin (PRC DIY chain) | |
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| | New Zealand (Tw) | |
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| | Cymbidium macrorrhizum Lindl. | |
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| | Shu Menglan (1759-1835), Qin dynasty writer, poet and editor of Anthology of ci poems tunes 白香詞譜|白香词谱 | |
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| | Vanda genus of orchids | |
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| | Dulan county in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州, Qinghai | |
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| | double-stamen orchid (Diplandrorchis sinica S.C. Chen), an endangered species | |
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