螂
Ancient forms
1 form- Small sealQin–Han
- 螂RegularToday
Forms of 蜋, a traditional form of 螂.
Glyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
láng lang2
- used in 蚂螂 (mā láng)
- used in 蜣螂 (qiāng láng) and 虼螂 (gè láng)
- used in 螳螂 (táng láng)
- used in 蟑螂 (zhāng láng)
Example sentences
- Is it safe to eat cockroaches?
- Dung beetles are insects.
- This poison is very effective in getting rid of roaches.
- I bet my friend $100 that he wouldn't eat a live cockroach. I lost!
Words with 螂
- 刀螂dāolang(dialect) mantis
- 蚂螂mālángdragonfly
- 螳螂tánglángmantis
- 蟑螂zhānglángcockroach
- 蜣螂qiānglángdung beetle
- 屎蚵螂shǐkēlángdung beetle
- 蟑螂屋zhānglángwūcockroach trap
- 南派螳螂nánpàitánglángChow Gar - "Southern Praying Mantis" - Martial Art
- 螳螂捕蝉tánglángbǔchánthe mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 庄子 (Zhuāng zǐ)); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger