浪 (làng): wave
浪 (làng) is a Chinese character meaning “wave.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 良 (phonetic). It ranks #1182 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 浪 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).
Definitions
- wave
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 浪
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冲浪noun | chōng làng | to surf |
| 流浪汉noun | liú làng hàn | tramp |
| 流浪verb | liú làng | to drift about |
| 海浪noun | hǎi làng | sea wave |
| 流浪者 | liú làng zhě | rover |
| 浪子noun | làng zǐ | loafer |
| 浪潮noun | làng cháo | wave |
| 波浪noun | bō làng | wave |
| 热浪noun | rè làng | heat wave |
| 浪荡adjective | làng dàng | to loiter |
| 风浪noun | fēng làng | wind and waves |
| 浪头noun | làng tou | wave |
| 浪漫主义noun | làng màn zhǔ yì | romanticism |
| 风平浪静phrase | fēng píng làng jìng | lit. breeze is still, waves are quiet (idiom) |
| 浪花noun | làng huā | spray |
浪 appears in 82 compound words: 30 as the first character, 35 as the last, and 34 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 浪 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (17)
to fearlessly and steadfastly pursue a goal without regard to setbacks
Showing 12 of 17 idioms containing 浪.
Example Sentences
台风带来的巨浪冲毁了海边的部分防护堤。
Táifēng dài lái de jùlàng chōnghuǐ le hǎibiān de bùfen fánghùdī.
The huge waves brought by the typhoon destroyed parts of the coastal seawall.
...金毛会点反应?实测结果超意外 全网暖男非浪得虚名
. . . jīn máo huì diǎn fǎn yīng ? shí cè jié guǒ chāo yì wài quán wǎng nuǎn nán fēi làng dé xū míng
... How would the golden retriever react? The measured results are super surprising, and the warm men on the whole network are not in vain
8岁男童命丧花莲鲤鱼潭!家属控快艇“船尾浪”酿祸 交通部回应了
8 suì nán tóng mìng sāng huā lián lǐ yú tán ! jiā shǔ kòng kuài tǐng chuán wěi làng niàng huò jiāo tōng bù huí yīng le
An 8-year-old boy died in Hualien Liyu Pond! The family controlled the speedboat's "stern waves" to cause trouble, and the Ministry of Communications responded
恶劣!男疑拐浪浪回家 从5楼抛下画面曝
è liè ! nán yí guǎi làng làng huí jiā cóng 5 lóu pāo xià huà miàn pù
Bad! The man was suspected of abducting Langlang home and dropped the picture from the 5th floor to expose
在米兰,冰雪赛场藏着中国式浪漫
zài mǐ lán , bīng xuě sài chǎng zàng zhe zhōng guó shì làng màn
In Milan, the ice and snow arena hides Chinese romance
大年初一暖心事!流浪28年,盐城阜宁东站派出所助流..
dà nián chū yī nuǎn xīn shì ! liú làng nián , yán chéng 阜 nìng dōng zhàn pā chū suǒ zhù liú . .
The first day of the Lunar New Year! After 28 years of wandering, Yancheng Funing East Station Police Station helped...
你能听到沙滩上海浪的声音吗？
Nǐ néng tīngdào shātān Shànghǎi làng de shēngyīn ma?
Can you hear the noise of the waves on the beach?
汤姆不浪费一点时间，不是么？
Tāngmǔ bù làngfèi yīdiǎn shíjiān, bù shì me?
Tom didn't waste any time, did he?
这个海滩是冲浪者的天堂。
Zhège hǎitān shì chōnglàngzhě de tiāntáng.
This beach is a paradise for surfers.
让土地闲置着很浪费。
Ràng tǔdì xiánzhì zhe hěn làngfèi.
It's wasteful to leave the land lying idle.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 氵 (water) component
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