| 郎 | 1045C10 63S.22-3 | 部居  | 畫數 8 | ㄌㄤˊ [lang2] . [Usu. wr. 郎] | ||
| N. | (1) A young man, a man: 少年郎 a youth; 兒郎 a young man or son; 新郎 a bridegroom; 伴郎 the best man; 令郎 (court.) your son; 郎才女貌 (matchmaking) a perfect match between a man and girl; 郎心如鐵 (a young girl complaining) you are so hardhearted; 情郎 a woman's lover; 賣油郎 a peddler of vegetable oils (unlikely but lucky lover); 牛郎 a cowherd (constellation); 大郎，二郎，三郎 the eldest, second, third son; 郎舅 [lang2jiu4]↓. (2) An official title under the monarchy: 侍郎 vice minister; 郎中 [lang2zhong1]↓; 員外郎 councillor, ranking next to 侍郎. (3) A surname. | |||||
| Words | 1. 郎罷 [lang2ba4], n., (MC) (Fukien dial.) one's father (MC transcription of 娘父 niourbeih). 2. 郎伯 [lang2bo2], n., (1) (MC court.) my husband; (2) ＝郎罷↑. 3. 郎當 [lang2dang1], adj., (1) (of clothes) too ample; (2) (of manners) easy-going: 弔兒郎當 take things easy, take a devil-may-care attitude; (3) helpless; 不覺醉郎當了 soon become helplessly tipsy; (4) ＝鋃鐺 81A.02. 4. 郎將 [lang2jiang4], n., an official title under the monarchy (＝中郎將). 5. 郎舅 [lang2jiu4], n., the husband of one’s sister, the brother of one's wife. 6. 郎中 [lang2zhong1], n., a pop. term for a doctor: 江湖郎中 a quack doctor; also a cheat in gambling. 7. 郎君 [lang2jUn1], n., (1) (court.) my husband; (2) (LL) your son; (3) 新郎君 a newly successful candidate in a government examination under the monarchy. | |||||