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郎

láng

HSK 6 Character

What 郎 means

1. (arch.) minister
2. official
3. noun prefix denoting function or status
4. a youth

Other readings

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

• Lángsurname Lang

Example sentences

• 他叫我一郎。
  He called me Ichiro.
• 他是我的如意郎君。
  Tā shì wǒ de rúyì lángjūn.
  He's my Mr. Right.
• 太郎，你能帮我吗？
  Taro, could you help me?
• 太郎有很强的责任感。
  Tàiláng yǒu hěn qiáng de zérèngǎn.
  Taro has a strong sense of responsibility.
• 太郎说英语，不是吗？
  Taro speaks English, doesn't he?
• 我弟弟没有二郎那么高。
  Wǒ dìdi méiyǒu èrláng nàme gāo.
  My brother is not as tall as Jiro.

Words starting with 郎

• 郎中láng zhōngdoctor (Chinese medicine); ancient official title; companions (respectful)
• 郎平Láng PíngJenny Lang Ping (1960–), Chinese former volleyball player and coach
• 郎君láng jūnmy husband and master (archaic); playboy of rich family; pimp
• 郎朗Láng LǎngLang Lang (1982-), Chinese concert pianist
• 郎世宁Láng Shì níngGiuseppe Castiglione (1688–1766), Jesuit missionary and artist who served as a painter in…
• 郎肯循环láng kěn xún huánRankine cycle (engineering)
• 郎猫láng māo(colloquial) tomcat
• 郎才女貌láng cái nǚ màotalented man and beautiful woman; ideal couple
• 郎溪县Láng xī XiànLangxi, a county in Xuancheng City 宣城市
• 郎之万Láng zhī wànLangevin (name)
• 郎溪Láng xīsee 郎溪县

Words containing 郎

• 新郎xīn lángbridegroom; groom
• 女郎nǚ lángyoung woman; maiden; girl
• 法郎fǎ lángfranc
• 侍郎shì láng(Ming and Qing dynasties) vice-minister of one of the Six Boards…
• 瑞士法郎Ruì shì fǎ lángSwiss franc (currency)
• 牛郎niú lángcowherd boy; (slang) male prostitute
• 二郎腿èr láng tuǐone leg over the other (legs crossed)
• 吊儿郎当diào r láng dāngsloppy
• 情郎qíng lángboyfriend; paramour (of a woman)
• 牛郎织女niú láng zhī nǚCowherd and Weaving maid (characters in folk story); separated lovers…
• 令郎lìng lángyour esteemed son (honorific)
• 伴郎bàn lángbest man; groomsman
• 刀郎Dāo lángDolan, a people of the Tarim Basin, Xinjiang, also known as 多郎
• 夜郎Yè lángsmall barbarian kingdom in southern China during the Han dynasty
• 中郎将zhōng láng jiànggeneral of the household, a mid-ranking military officer responsible for palace or court…
• 亚巴郎Yà bā láng(Catholicism) Abraham
• 尚书郎shàng shū lángancient official title
• 新郎官xīn láng guānbridegroom; groom
• 阿里郎Ā lǐ lángArirang, famous Korean song of love and tragic separation, based on folk tale from Georyo…
• 夜郎自大Yè láng zì dàlit. Yelang thinks highly of itself (idiom); fig. foolish conceit
• 应召女郎yìng zhào nǚ lángcall girl
• 江郎才尽Jiāng láng cái jìnJiang Yan has exhausted his talent (idiom); fig. to have used up one's creative powers…
• 赛车女郎sài chē nǚ lángpit babe; paddock girl; grid girl
• 麻生太郎Má shēng Tài lángASŌ Tarō (1940-), Japanese entrepreneur and LDP politician, prime minister from 2008

Characters that look like 郎

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

• 耶yē(phonetic ye)
• 郁yù(bound form) strongly fragrant
• 郡jùncanton; county; region
• 邳Pīsurname Pi; Han dynasty county in present-day Jiangsu; also pr. Péi
• 邹Zōusurname Zou; vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC) in the southeast of…
• 郅zhìextremely; very

Sounds the same

Read láng, tone for tone, but written differently.

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