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láng

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Definitions

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

Example Sentences

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誰比較高,肯還是太
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 871157)

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Words Containing 郎

牛郎织女
niú láng zhī nǚ

Cowherd and Weaving maid (characters in folk story)

桥本龙太郎
qiáo běn lóng tài láng

HASHIMOTO Ryūtarō (1937-2006), Japanese politician, prime minister 1996-1998

情郎
qíng láng

boyfriend

尚书郎
shàng shū láng

ancient official title

郎猫
láng māo

(coll.) tomcat

侍郎
shì láng

(Ming and Qing dynasties) vice-minister of one of the Six Boards

小泉纯一郎
xiǎo quán chún yī láng

KOIZUMI Jun'ichirō (1942-), Japanese LDP politician, prime minister 2001-2006

亚巴郎
yà bā láng

Abraham (name)

夜郎自大
yè láng zì dà

lit. Yelang thinks highly of itself (idiom)

郎才女貌
láng cái nǚ mào

talented man and beautiful woman

郎平
láng píng

Jenny Lang Ping (1960-), Chinese volleyball player, coach of USA women's national team since 2005

应召女郎
yìng zhào nǚ láng

call girl

司马辽太郎
sī mǎ liáo tài láng

SHIBA Ryotarō (1923-1996), Japanese author of historical novels

令郎
lìng láng

your esteemed son (honorific)

郎中
láng zhōng

doctor (Chinese medicine)

江郎才尽
jiāng láng cái jìn

Jiang Yan has exhausted his talent (idiom)

新郎
xīn láng

bridegroom

翘二郎腿
qiào èr láng tuǐ

to stick one leg over the other (when sitting)

麻生太郎
má shēng tài láng

ASŌ Tarō (1940-), Japanese entrepreneur and LDP politician, prime minister from 2008

朝永振一郎
cháo yǒng zhèn yī láng

TOMONAGA Shin'ichirō (1906-1979), Japanese physicist, 1965 Nobel prize laureate with Richard Feynman and Julian Schwinger

法郎
fǎ láng

franc

拼命三郎
pīn mìng sān láng

brave man, willing to risk his life

郎溪
láng xī

Langxi county in Xuancheng 宣城[xuān chéng], Anhui

二郎腿
èr láng tuǐ

one leg over the other (legs crossed)

赀郎
zī láng

sb who purchases a public post

阿里郎
ā lǐ láng

Arirang, famous Korean song of love and tragic separation, based on folk tale from Georyo dynasty

郎君
láng jūn

my husband and master (archaic)

郎格罕氏岛
láng gé hǎn shì dǎo

islets of Langerhans (medicine)

男怕入错行,女怕嫁错郎
nán pà rù cuò háng , nǚ pà jià cuò láng

men fear getting into the wrong line of business, women fear marrying the wrong man (proverb)

郎朗
láng lǎng

Lang Lang (1982-), Chinese concert pianist

瑞士法郎
ruì shì fǎ láng

Swiss franc (currency)

壳郎猪
ké lang zhū

(coll.) feeder pig

刀郎
dāo láng

Dolan, a people of the Tarim Basin, Xinjiang, also known as 多郎

屎壳郎
shǐ ké làng

see 屎蚵螂[shǐ kē láng]

郎肯循环
láng kěn xún huán

Rankine cycle (engineering)

二郎神
èr láng shén

Erlangshen, Chinese deity

郎溪县
láng xī xiàn

Langxi county in Xuancheng 宣城[xuān chéng], Anhui

郎之万
láng zhī wàn

Langevin (name)

如意郎君
rú yì láng jūn

ideal husband; Mr. Right

赛车女郎
sài chē nǚ láng

pit babe

挡郎
dǎng láng

(slang) to ask for money

女郎
nǚ láng

young woman

郎世宁
láng shì níng

Giuseppe Castiglione (1688-1766) Jesuit who served as Qing court painter for 50 years

架二郎腿
jià èr láng tuǐ

to stick one leg over the other (when sitting)

大江健三郎
dà jiāng jiàn sān láng

Oe Kenzaburo (1935-) Japanese novelist and 1994 Nobel laureate

石原慎太郎
shí yuán shèn tài láng

Ishihara Shintarō (1932-), Japanese author and politician, governor of Tokyo 1999-2012

牛郎
niú láng

Cowherd of the folk tale Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女

桃太郎
táo tài láng

Momotaro or Peach Boy, the hero of a Japanese folk tale

伴郎
bàn láng

best man

二郎
èr láng

see 二郎神[èr láng shén]

夜郎
yè láng

small barbarian kingdom in southern China during the Han dynasty