澜沧江

Traditional form:

瀾滄江

Pinyin (reading):

Láncāng Jiāng

Definitions:

• Lancang River, the upper course (in southwestern China) of the Mekong River 湄公河 ( Méigōng Hé)

Characters:

• 澜 - overflowing; ripples, waves
• 沧 - azure, cold, vast (all as of the sea)
• 江 - large river; the Yangtze; surname

Traditional characters:

• 瀾 - overflowing; ripples, waves
• 滄 - azure, cold, vast (all as of the sea)
• 江 - large river; the Yangtze; surname