Keyword
minister
- gentleman
- young man
- husband
- Frequency
- #1758
- Strokes
- 8
Readings
láng
Mnemonic
A man from a good 良 place 阝; 良 also provides the pronunciation
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
郎
(arch.) minister; official; noun prefix denoting function or status; a youth
女郎
young woman; maiden; girl
侍郎
(Ming and Qing dynasties) vice-minister of one of the Six Boards; (also an official title in earlier dynasties)
新郎
bridegroom; groom
法郎
franc
郎中
doctor (Chinese medicine); ancient official title; companions (respectful)
伴郎
best man; groomsman
牛郎
Cowherd of the folk tale Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎织女; Altair (star)
中郎将
general of the household, a mid-ranking military officer responsible for palace or court duties
瑞士法郎
Swiss franc (currency)
郎君
my husband and master (archaic); playboy of rich family; pimp
应召女郎
call girl
牛郎织女
Cowherd and Weaving maid (characters in folk story); separated lovers; Altair and Vega (stars)
情郎
boyfriend; paramour (of a woman)
夜郎
small barbarian kingdom in southern China during the Han dynasty
阿里郎
Arirang, famous Korean song of love and tragic separation, based on folk tale from Georyo dynasty; Arirang, series of Korean earth observation space satellites
令郎
your esteemed son (honorific)
桃太郎
Momotaro or Peach Boy, the hero of a Japanese folk tale; (Tw) Japanese person
麻生太郎
ASŌ Tarō (1940-), Japanese entrepreneur and LDP politician, prime minister from 2008
郎平
Jenny Lang Ping (1960–), Chinese former volleyball player and coach
吊儿郎当
sloppy
夜郎自大
lit. Yelang thinks highly of itself (idiom); fig. foolish conceit
郎朗
Lang Lang (1982-), Chinese concert pianist
二郎腿
one leg over the other (legs crossed)