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Chinese
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(gem); tinkling of pendants
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(gem); tinkling of pendants
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simp. and trad. (琅琅)
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琅
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琅
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Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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琅
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琅
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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láng
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láng
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Middle Chinese
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‹ lang ›
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‹ lang ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ˁaŋ/
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/*ˁaŋ/
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English
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(a kind of precious stone)
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琅邪 (name of a mountain in Shāndōng)
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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琅
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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8018
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Phonetic component
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良
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Rime group
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陽
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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郎
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Old Chinese
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/*raːŋ/
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Adjective
琅琅
- (onomatopoetic, of sound) clear and sonorous
Synonyms
- 亮
- 亮堂 (liàngtáng)
- 嘹亮 (liáoliàng)
- 宏亮 (hóngliàng)
- 昂揚/昂扬 (ángyáng)
- 朗朗 (lǎnglǎng)
- 洪亮 (hóngliàng)
- 清亮
- 脆 (cuì)
- 豁亮 (huòliàng)
- 響/响 (xiǎng)
- 響亮/响亮 (xiǎngliàng)
- 高亢 (gāokàng)
- 高昂 (gāo'áng)
Derived terms