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榔

láng

Character

What 榔 means

1. tall tree (archaic)

Example sentences

• 对工具箱里只有一把榔头的人来说，所有的问题都像钉子。
  Duìgōng jù xiāng lǐ zhǐ yǒu yī bǎ lángtou de rén lái shuō, suǒyǒu de wèntí dōu xiàng dīngzi.
  To the man who only has a hammer in the toolkit, every problem looks like a nail.

Words starting with 榔

• 榔头láng touhammer; large hammer; sledgehammer
• 榔榆láng yúChinese or lacebark elm (Ulmus parvifolia)
• 榔槺láng kāngcumbersome; awkward and clumsy

Words containing 榔

• 槟榔bīng langbetel palm (Areca catechu); betel nut
• 槟榔屿Bīng lang yǔ(old name) Penang Island, Malaysia
• 马槟榔mǎ bīng langCapparis masaikai
• 槟榔西施bīng lang Xī shī(Taiwan) betel nut beauty: a skimpily-dressed, attractive girl who sells betel nut from a…
• 桄榔guāng lángarenga or sugar palm (Arenga pinnata)
• 东一榔头西一棒子dōng yī láng tóu xī yī bàng zibanging away clumsily in all directions with no overall vision

Characters built on 郎

These share the phonetic component 郎 (láng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 廊lángcorridor; veranda; porch
• 螂lángused in 蚂螂; used in 蜣螂; used in 螳螂
• 啷lāngused in 啷当; used in onomatopoeic words such as 哐啷

Characters that look like 榔

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

• 棉miángeneric term for cotton or kapok; cotton; padded or quilted with cotton
• 衔xiánbit (of a bridle); to hold in the mouth; to harbor (feelings)
• 椰yē(bound form) coconut palm; Taiwan pr. yé
• 掷zhìto toss; to throw dice; Taiwan pr. zhí
• 裨bìto benefit; to aid; advantageous
• 揶yéto gesticulate; to play antics

Sounds the same

Read láng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 狼wolf
• 廊corridor; veranda; porch
• 郎(arch.) minister; official; noun prefix denoting function or status
• 琅jade-like stone; clean and white; tinkling of pendants
• 阆used in 闶阆
• 螂used in 蚂螂; used in 蜣螂; used in 螳螂
• 锒chain; ornament
• 嫏used in 嫏嬛
• 桹(palm)
• 筤young bamboo
• 𨱍large hammer
• 稂grass; weeds