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浪

làng

HSK 4 Character

What 浪 means

1. wave
2. breaker
3. unrestrained
4. dissipated
5. to stroll
6. to ramble

Example sentences

• 好浪漫啊！
  How romantic!
• 你冲浪吗？
  Do you windsurf?
• 无风不起浪。
  Wúfēngbùqǐlàng.
  No smoke without fire.
• 别浪费时间。
  Don't waste your time.
• 你在浪费水。
  You're wasting water.
• 全都浪费了！
  What a waste!

Words starting with 浪

• 浪漫làng mànromantic
• 浪费làng fèito waste; to squander
• 浪潮làng cháowave; tides
• 浪子làng zǐloafer; wastrel; prodigal son
• 浪花làng huāspray; ocean spray; spindrift
• 浪漫主义làng màn zhǔ yìromanticism
• 浪荡làng dàngto loiter; to hang around; dissolute
• 浪人làng rénvagrant; unemployed person; rōnin (wandering masterless samurai)
• 浪迹天涯làng jì tiān yáto roam far and wide (idiom); to travel the world
• 浪头làng touwave
• 浪涛làng tāoocean wave; billows
• 浪女làng nǚloose woman
• 浪船làng chuánswingboat
• 浪谷làng gǔtrough of a wave; (fig.) low point; lowest level
• 浪子回头làng zǐ huí tóuthe return of a prodigal son (idiom)
• 浪得虚名làng dé xū míngto have an undeserved reputation (idiom)
• 浪费金钱làng fèi jīn qiánto squander money; to spend extravagantly
• 浪迹làng jìto roam about; to wander without a home
• 浪迹江湖làng jì jiāng húto roam far and wide; to drift with the wind
• 浪卡子县Làng kǎ zǐ XiànNagarzê, a county in Shannan City 山南市
• 浪蚀làng shíwave erosion
• 浪涌làng yǒng(electrical) surge
• 浪莽làng mǎngvast
• 浪子回头金不换làng zǐ huí tóu jīn bù huàna prodigal son returned home is worth more than gold

Words containing 浪

• 流浪liú làngto drift about; to wander; to roam
• 波浪bō làngwave
• 海浪hǎi làngsea wave
• 冲浪chōng làngto surf; surfing
• 流浪汉liú làng hàntramp; wanderer
• 风浪fēng làngwind and waves; rough waters; (fig.) hardship
• 热浪rè làngheat wave
• 流浪者liú làng zhěrover; vagabond; vagrant
• 风平浪静fēng píng làng jìnglit. breeze is still, waves are quiet (idiom); tranquil environment; all is quiet…
• 鼓浪屿Gǔ làng yǔGulangyu, scenic island off Xiamen 厦门
• 声浪shēng làngclamor
• 大浪dà làngbillow; surge
• 惊涛骇浪jīng tāo hài làngperilous situation
• 恶浪è làngviolent wave; fierce billow; fig. depraved force
• 放浪fàng làngunrestrained; dissolute; dissipated
• 新浪Xīn làngSina, Chinese web portal and online media company
• 激浪Jī làngMountain Dew
• 破浪pò làngto set sail; to brave the waves
• 麦浪mài làngwheat field rippling in the wind
• 新浪网Xīn làng WǎngSina, Chinese web portal and online media company
• 波浪号bō làng hàotilde ( ~ )
• 流浪儿liú làng érstreet urchin; waif
• 冲浪板chōng làng bǎnsurfboard; paddleboard
• 风浪板fēng làng bǎn(Taiwan) windsurfing; sailboard

Characters built on 良

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

• 狼lángwolf
• 琅lángjade-like stone; clean and white; tinkling of pendants
• 锒lángchain; ornament
• 莨làngScopalia japonica maxin
• 阆lángused in 闶阆
• 稂lánggrass; weeds

Characters that look like 浪

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

• 混hùnto mix; to mingle; muddled
• 追zhuīto chase; to pursue; to look into
• 递dìto hand over; to pass on; to deliver; (bound form) progressively; in the proper order
• 渔yúfisherman; to fish
• 逗dòuto tease (playfully); to entice; (colloquial) to joke; (colloquial) funny; amusing
• 渎dúdisrespectful; (literary) ditch

Sounds the same

Read làng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 阆(literary) vast; spacious; (literary) lofty; (literary) tall door
• 莨Scopalia japonica maxin
• 蒗(herb); place name
• 崀used in place names
• 㫰(dialect) to dry (sth) in the sun; to dry (sth) in the air
• 埌wasteland; wild