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螂 láng

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螂 láng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
láng | lang2
English translation
mantis, dung beetle

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About 螂 láng

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

螂 láng

Contains the radical

虫 chóng

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

insect

Etymology of 螂 láng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰虫郎

Semantic compound

虫 chóng

Phonetic compound

郎 Láng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 chóng represents the meaning and 郎 Láng represents the sound. Simplified form of 蜋.

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Example sentences using 螂 láng

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某 mǒu 种 zhǒng 蟑螂 zhāng láng 喷射 pēn shè 一 yī 种催泪 lèi 性 xìng 毒气 dú qì ――乙 yǐ 基 jī 丙烯 bǐng xī 醛 quán .

A species of cockroach sprays a substance , ethylacrolein, that is a kind of tear gas.

如果 rúguǒ 她 tā 宁愿 nìngyuàn 去 qù 看 kān 蟑螂 zhāng láng 和 hé 胀 zhàng 饱 bǎo 了 le 的 de 袋鼠 dài shǔ ,她 tā 一定 yīdìng 是 shì 觉得 juéde 克雷杜克先生 Xiānsheng 呆头呆脑 nǎo .

She must find Mr. Craddock precious dull if she prefers blackbeetles and stuffed kangaroos.

他 tā 发现自己的 de 哥哥 gēge 住 zhù 在 zài 一套 yī tào 破旧 pò jiù 肮脏 āng zāng 、蟑螂 zhāng láng 肆虐 sì nu:è 的 de 公寓 gōngyù 里 lǐ 。

He found his brother in a seedy, roach-infested apartment.

Words with 螂 láng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
蟑螂 zhāng láng cockroach蟑螂 zhāng láng
螳螂 táng láng mantis螳螂 táng láng
螂 láng mantis螂 láng
螳螂捕蝉 táng láng bǔ chán the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 Zhuāng zǐ ); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger螳螂捕蟬
蜣螂 qiāng láng dung beetle蜣螂 qiāng láng
蚂螂 mā láng dragonfly螞螂

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