郎 (long4 | lang2) : young man; husband

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郎

long4

lang2

[1] [form of address] young man; husband; beau; son of another person
[2] category of persons such as women, students, etc
[3] [古] an official title in imperial times

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Stroke count: 9

Level: 3

Radical: (#163)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

郎

This word has been viewed 7408 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:46

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伴郎 bun6 long4*2 ban4 lang2 = best man

新郎 san1 long4 xin1 lang2 = bridegroom

法郎 faat3 long4/4*1 = franc

吊兒郎當 diu3 ji4 long4 dong1 = to dilly-dally; take a careless and casual attitude

法國法郎 faat3 gwok3 faat3 long4 fa4 guo2 fa3 lang2 (Taiwan), fa3 guo2 fa3 lang2 (PRC) = franc (France)

瑞士法郎 seoi6 si6*2 faat3 long4 rui4 shi4 fa3 lang2 = Swiss franc

新郎哥 san1 long4 go1 = bridegroom

阻街女郎 zo2 gaai1 neoi5 long4 = prostitute

街頭女郎 gaai1 tau4 neoi5 long4 = a streetwalker, a prostitute

應召女郎 jing3 ziu6 neoi5 long4 = a call girl
See all 25 compounds (CantoDict reports 26 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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Decimal representation of this word: 郎
Unicode code for this character: U+90ce (off-site link)

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