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郎

Mandarin · pinyin láng#

(arch.) minister
official
noun prefix denoting function or status
a youth

Mandarin · pinyin Láng#

surname Lang

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郎: láng · gentleman, young man; husband

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character · Etymology 1

(historical) an official's title
(archaic, laudatory) man; male adult
(archaic) A term of address used by women for their husband or lover: darling; love
(archaic) A term of address used by servants for their master: sir; master
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) father
young person
someone else's son
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) soldier
(dated) man of a particular occupation
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) A term of address for a poor, lowly person.
(literary or dialectal Cantonese, dialectal Hakka, Gan, Xiang, Northern Min) son-in-law (daughter's husband)

character · Etymology 2

(historical) Lang (a town in the state of Lu, near modern Qufu, Shandong, China)
(historical) Lang (a town in the state of Lu, in the northeastern part of modern Yutai, Shandong, China)
a surname

character · Etymology 3

only used in 屎殼郎／屎壳郎 (shǐkelàng)

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