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朗

lǎng

HSK 5 Character

What 朗 means

1. clear
2. bright

Example sentences

• 天空很晴朗。
  The skies are clear.
• 天空很清朗。
  The skies are clear.
• 我叫弗朗切斯科。
  My name is Francesco.
• 我是弗朗切斯科。
  I'm Francesco.
• 你认识布朗先生吗？
  Do you know Mr. Brown?
• 她婚前是布朗家的。
  She was a Brown before her marriage.

Words starting with 朗

• 朗读lǎng dúto read aloud
• 朗诵lǎng sòngto read aloud with expression; to recite; to declaim
• 朗姆lǎng mǔ(loanword) rum (alcoholic beverage)
• 朗照lǎng zhàoto shine brightly; (fig.) to perceive clearly
• 朗姆酒lǎng mǔ jiǔ(loanword) rum
• 朗朗上口lǎng lǎng shàng kǒuto flow right off the tongue (of lyrics or poetry); to recite with ease…
• 朗县Lǎng XiànNang County or Nangxian, a county in Nyingchi City 林芝市
• 朗吟lǎng yínto recite in a loud, clear voice
• 朗文Lǎng wénLongman (name)

Words containing 朗

• 开朗kāi lǎngspacious and well-lit; open and clear; (of character) optimistic
• 晴朗qíng lǎngsunny and cloudless
• 伊朗Yī lǎngIran
• 明朗míng lǎngbright; clear; obvious
• 布朗Bù lǎng(name) Brown; Blang ethnic group
• 爽朗shuǎng lǎngclear and bright (of weather); straightforward; candid
• 豁然开朗huò rán kāi lǎngsuddenly opens up to a wide panorama (idiom); to come to a wide clearing…
• 硬朗yìng lǎngrobust; healthy
• 克朗kè lǎngkrone (currency of Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Sweden) (loanword)
• 清朗qīng lǎngclear and bright; unclouded; clear and sonorous (voice)
• 珠穆朗玛峰Zhū mù lǎng mǎ FēngMount Everest (from its Tibetan name, Chomolungma)
• 郎朗Láng LǎngLang Lang (1982-), Chinese concert pianist
• 元朗Yuán LǎngYuen Long town in northwest New Territories, Hong Kong
• 沙朗shā lǎngsirloin (loanword)
• 瑞朗Ruì lǎngSwiss franc
• 科朗kē lǎngcolón (currency of Costa Rica and former currency of El Salvador)
• 雷朗Léi lǎngLuilang, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
• 高朗gāo lǎngloud and clear; bright and clear
• 丹布朗Dān Bù lǎngDan Brown (American novelist)
• 元朗市Yuán Lǎng shìYuen Long town, Hong Kong Island
• 奥朗德Ào lǎng déFrançois Hollande (1954-), French Socialist politician, president of France 2012-2017
• 密特朗Mì tè lǎngMitterrand
• 布朗士Bù lǎng shìThe Bronx, borough of New York City; Bronx County (coextensive with The Bronx)…
• 布朗尼bù lǎng níbrownie (pastry) (loanword)

Characters that look like 朗

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 载zǎito record in writing; to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc); Taiwan pr. zài
• 辅fǔto assist; to complement; auxiliary
• 胡húnon-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous
• 钥yuèkey; also pr. yào
• 骇hàito astonish; to startle; to hack (computing, loanword)
• 铌níniobium (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read lǎng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 塱raised bank; mud wall
• 烺blaze; light