郎君

Mandarin · pinyin láng jūn

Meanings

  1. my husband and master (archaic)
  2. playboy of rich family
  3. pimp
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郎
láng · gentleman, young man; husband
君
jūn · sovereign, monarch, ruler, chief, prince
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noun

  1. playboy of a rich family
  2. pimp

pron

  1. (dated) you; my husband and master (when addressing one's husband)

name

  1. (~鎮) Langjun (a town in Yingcheng, Xiaogan, Hubei, China)

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