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螳

táng

Character

What 螳 means

1. praying mantis

Words starting with 螳

• 螳螂táng lángmantis; praying mantis
• 螳臂当车táng bì dāng chē(lit.) a mantis trying to stop a chariot (idiom); (fig.) to overrate oneself and attempt…
• 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…
• 螳臂挡车táng bì dǎng chēsee 螳臂当车
• 螳螂捕蝉táng láng bǔ chánsee 螳螂捕蟬，螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后

Words containing 螳

• 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)

Characters built on 堂

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

• 膛táng(bound form) hollow space
• 镗tāngnoise of drums
• 蹚tāngto wade; to trample

Characters that look like 螳

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

• 穗suìear of grain; tassel; fringe
• 鳍qífin
• 螃pángused in 螃蟹
• 镗tāngnoise of drums
• 瞠chēngstare at sth beyond reach
• 蟠pánto coil

Sounds the same

Read táng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 糖sugar; sweets; candy
• 塘dyke; embankment; pool or pond
• 堂(main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the…
• 唐to exaggerate; empty; in vain
• 膛(bound form) hollow space
• 棠cherry-apple
• 瑭(jade)
• 搪to keep out; to hold off; to ward off
• 醣carbohydrate; old variant of 糖
• 溏half congealed; pond
• 踼to fall flat; to fall on the face
• 煻to warm; to toast