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螂

láng

Character

What 螂 means

1. used in {蚂螂|mā láng}
2. used in {蜣螂|qiāng láng} and {虼螂|gè láng}
3. used in {螳螂|táng láng}
4. used in {蟑螂|zhāng láng}

Other readings

螂 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• lángvariant of {螂|láng}

Example sentences

• 蜣螂是昆虫。
  Dung beetles are insects.
• 虼螂是昆虫。
  Dung beetles are insects.
• 吃蟑螂安全吗？
  Chī zhāngláng ānquán ma?
  Is it safe to eat cockroaches?
• 吃蟑螂不好吗？
  Is eating cockroaches a bad idea?
• 她只对鱼和蟑螂感兴趣。
  She's only interested in fish and cockroaches.
• 这毒药用来治蟑螂很有效。
  Zhè dúyào yònglái zhì zhāngláng hěn yǒuxiào.
  This poison is very effective in getting rid of roaches.

Words containing 螂

• 蟑螂zhāng lángcockroach
• 螳螂táng lángmantis; praying mantis
• 刀螂dāo lang(dialect) mantis
• 蚂螂mā lángdragonfly
• 蟑螂屋zhāng láng wūcockroach trap
• 南派螳螂nán pài táng lángChow Gar - "Southern Praying Mantis" - Martial Art
• 北派螳螂拳běi pài táng láng quánBeipai Tanglang Quan - "Northern Praying Mantis" (Chinese Martial Art)
• 蜣螂qiāng lángdung beetle
• 屎蚵螂shǐ kē lángdung beetle
• 螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后táng láng bǔ chán , huáng què zài hòu(lit.) the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the siskin behind…
• 螳螂捕蝉táng láng bǔ chánsee 螳螂捕蟬，螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后
• 虼螂gè lángsee 蜣螂

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
• 榔lángtall tree (archaic)
• 啷lāngused in 啷当; used in onomatopoeic words such as 哐啷

Characters that look like 螂

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

• 醉zuìintoxicated
• 粹cuìpure; unmixed; essence
• 瑚húused in 珊瑚
• 蜿wānused in 蜿蜒
• 蝌kēused in 蝌蚪
• 蝾róngsalamander

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
• 榔tall tree (archaic)
• 锒chain; ornament
• 嫏used in 嫏嬛
• 桹(palm)
• 筤young bamboo
• 𨱍large hammer
• 稂grass; weeds