郎 láng

1. láng noun gentleman; minister; official
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: A prefix for official titles in imperial China in the Warring States, Eastern Han, and other dynasties or used as a general term (GHC '郎' 2; Hucker 1985, p. 301; Kroll 2015 '郎' 1, p. 254; NCCED 1 '郎' 1)
2. láng noun a palace attendant
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Hucker 1985, p. 301)
3. láng adverb really; truly
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '郎' 4, p. 254)
4. láng noun darling; husband
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Used by a woman addressing her husband (GHC '郎' 3; Kroll 2015 '郎' 3a, p. 254; NCCED 2 '郎' 1)
5. láng noun a young man
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: To address a young man (GHC '郎' 3; Kroll 2015 '郎' 2, p. 254; NCCED 2 '郎' 2)
6. láng noun somebody else's son
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (NCCED 2 '郎' 3)
7. láng noun a form of address
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 女郎 'young woman' (GHC '郎' 5; Kroll 2015 '郎' 3, p. 254; NCCED 2 '郎' 4)
8. láng proper noun Lang
   Domain: Places 地方 , Concept: Place Name 地名
   Notes: A place name mentioned in the Annals of Spring and Autumn (GHC '郎' 1)
9. láng noun corridor
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As a variant of 廊 (GHC '郎' 6)
10. láng proper noun Lang
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (GHC '郎' 7)

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• 郎君 my husband and master ; patron of brothels
• 卢旺达法郎(盧旺達法郎) Rwanda franc
• 令郎 your esteemed son (honorific)
• 男怕入错行，女怕嫁错郎(男怕入錯行，女怕嫁錯郎) men fear getting into the wrong line of business, women fear marrying the wrong man
• 如意郎君 ideal husband; Mr. Right
• 翘二郎腿(翹二郎腿) to stick one leg over the other (when sitting)
• 新郎 bridegroom
• 二郎 Erlang
• 郎肯循环(郎肯循環) Rankine cycle (engineering)
• 挡郎(擋郎) to ask for money; to lend money
• 赀郎(貲郎) somebody who purchases a public post
• 女郎 a young woman; a maiden; a girl
• 侍郎 an assistant minister
• 情郎 boyfriend; paramour (of a woman)
• 马达加斯加法郎(馬達加斯加法郎) Malagasy franc
• 吉布提法郎 Djibouti franc
• 刀郎 Dolan, a people of the Tarim Basin, Xinjiang, also known as 多郎
• 几内亚法郎(幾內亞法郎) Guinean franc
• 太平洋法郎 CFP franc
• 郎格罕氏岛(郎格罕氏島) islets of Langerhans
• 瑞士法郎(瑞士法郎) Swiss franc
• 阻街女郎 streetwalker
• 郎中 Langzhong; Director ; sir; gentleman ; a professional gambler ; Langzhong; Court Attendant ; doctor
• 二郎神 Erlang
• 布隆迪法郎 Burundi franc
• 赛车女郎(賽車女郎) pit babe; paddock girl; grid girl
• 牛郎 cowherd boy
• 吊儿郎当(吊兒郎當) sloppy
• 应召女郎(應召女郎) call girl
• 江郎才尽(江郎才盡) Jiang Yan has exhausted his talent; to have used up one's creative powers; to have writer's block
• 架二郎腿 to stick one leg over the other (when sitting)
• 牙郎 middleman; agent
• 骑郎将(騎郎將) general of the palace horsemen
• 郎才女貌 talented man and beautiful woman; ideal couple

Also contained in

麻生太郎 、 外郎 、 郎世宁 、 郎溪县 、 小泉纯一郎 、 中郎将 、 议郎 、 起居郎 、 尚书郎 、 郎平 、 鲁斋郎 、 石原慎太郎 、 郎朗 、 夜郎 、 桥本龙太郎 、 大江健三郎 、 祭十二郎文

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• 卷一百六十九 志第一百二十二 職官九 Volume 169 Treatises 122: Offical Posts 9 History of Song 宋史 — count: 208
• 卷一百七十 志第一百二十三 職官十 Volume 170 Treatises 123: Offical Posts 10 History of Song 宋史 — count: 122
• 卷一百六十三 志第一百十六 職官三 Volume 163 Treatises 116: Offical Posts 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 121
• 卷一百六十八 志第一百二十一 職官八 Volume 168 Treatises 121: Offical Posts 8 History of Song 宋史 — count: 99
• 卷四十三 志第二十三: 職官二 Volume 43 Treatises 23: Government Service 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 91
• 卷五十五　志第三十六:　百官一 三師 三公 尚書省 六部 都元帥府 樞密院 大宗正府 御史臺 宣撫司 勸農使司 司農司 三司 國史院 翰林學士院 審官院 太常寺 Volume 55 Treatises 36: Official Posts 1 - Three Masters, Three Ducal Ministers, Imperial Secretariat, Six Ministers, Head of the Capital and Commanders of the Prefectures, Bureau of Military Affairs, Ministry of Rites, Office of the Censor, Conciliation Commission, Office for Promoting Agriculture, Board of Agriculture, Three Offices, History Office, Hanlin Imperial Academy, Bureau of Personnel Evaluation, Court of Imperial Sacrifices History of Jin 金史 — count: 83
• 卷一百七十二 志第一百二十五 職官十二 Volume 172 Treatises 125: Offical Posts 12 History of Song 宋史 — count: 77
• 卷一百五十八 志第一百十一 選舉四 Volume 158 Treatises 111: Selection and appointment of Officials 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 70
• 卷四十二 志第二十二: 職官一 Volume 42 Treatises 22: Government Service 1 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 59
• 卷35　志第30 經籍四 Volume 35 Treatises 30: Bibliography 4 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 57

Collocations

• 中郎 (中郎) 梁孝王中郎枚乘字叔聞之 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷九 正諫 Chapter 9: Direct Advice — count: 26
• 郎吏 (郎吏) 將相列侯郎吏皆以秩賜金 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《呂太后本紀》Annals of Empress Dowager Lü — count: 14
• 次于郎 (次於郎) 師次於郎 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 12
• 以为郎 (以為郎) 任以為郎 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《李斯列傳》 Biography of Li Si — count: 9
• 通夜郎 (通夜郎) 通夜郎道 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《西南夷列傳》 Treatise on the Southwestern Yi people — count: 8
• 郎时 (郎時) 臣為郎時 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《表‧三代世表》 Tables - Genealogical Table of the Three Ages — count: 7
• 城郎 (城郎) 費伯帥師城郎 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 5
• 筑郎 (築郎) 築郎囿 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 5
• 郎门 (郎門) 集于郎门之 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧衞‧氓 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Mang — count: 5
• 郎囿 (郎囿) 築郎囿 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 5