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浪

Mandarin · pinyin làng

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浪: làng · wave; wasteful, reckless

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

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Cantonese word readings for 浪. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

wave
something resembling waves
to be unrestrained
dissolute
(dialectal Mandarin or slang) to amuse oneself; to have fun; to go out; to hang out; to stroll
(literary) in vain
a surname

character · Etymology 2

only used in 滄浪／沧浪 (Cāngláng) and 浪浪 (lángláng)

character · Etymology 3

(Wu) on; above; at; in
(Wu) indicates a place

character · Etymology 4

furlong

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