廊 (láng): corridor
廊 (láng) is a Chinese character meaning “corridor.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 广 (semantic) and 郎 (phonetic). It ranks #2041 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 廊 wide. Its radical form 广 (shelter) appears in many related characters such as 床 (chuáng, bed), 店 (diàn, shop), 广 (guǎng, wide, broad).
Definitions
- corridor
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 廊
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 画廊 | huà láng | art gallery |
| 门廊 | mén láng | stoop |
| 发廊 | fà láng | hair salon |
| 长廊 | cháng láng | promenade |
| 回廊 | huí láng | winding corridor |
| 亲水长廊 | qīn shuǐ cháng láng | waterside promenade |
| 河西走廊 | hé xī zǒu láng | Hexi Corridor (or Gansu Corridor), a string of oases running the length of Gansu, forming part of the Northern Silk Road |
| 靠走廊 | kào zǒu láng | next to the aisle |
| 前廊 | qián láng | front porch |
| 登机廊桥 | dēng jī láng qiáo | air bridge |
| 酒廊 | jiǔ láng | bar |
| 廊酒 | láng jiǔ | Benedictine (liquor) |
| 瓦罕走廊 | wǎ hǎn zǒu láng | Wakhan Corridor, panhandle in the northeast of Afghanistan sharing a border with China at its eastern end |
| 艺廊 | yì láng | (Tw) art gallery |
| 廊桥 | láng qiáo | covered bridge |
廊 appears in 22 compound words: 27 as the first character, 68 as the last, and 5 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 廊 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
走廊的灯坏了，需要尽快更换，以免影响通行。
Zǒuláng de dēng huài le, xūyào jǐnkuài gēnghuàn, yǐmiǎn yǐngxiǎng tōngxíng.
The corridor lights are broken and need to be replaced as soon as possible to avoid affecting passage.
将军澳屡现蛇踪 西贡区议员倡海滨长廊加设“蛇出没”警示牌
jiāng jūn ào lǚ xiàn shé zōng xī gòng qū yì yuán chàng hǎi bīn cháng láng jiā shè shé chū méi jǐng shì pái
Snake tracks appear repeatedly in Tseung Kwan O Sai Kung District councillor advocates adding "snake infestation" warning signs to the waterfront promenade
【联副不打烊画廊】联副/梁育瑄作品〈如雾的尘埃〉
lián fù bù dǎ 烊 huà láng lián fù liáng yù 瑄 zuò pǐn rú wù de chén 埃
【Lian Vice Gallery】Lian Vice / Liang Yuxuan's work "Dust Like Fog"
北高雄河堤公园拥绿廊步道优质环境 预售与中古屋房价差距拉大已...
běi gāo xióng hé dī gōng yuán yōng lǜ láng bù dào yōu zhì huán jìng yù shòu yǔ zhōng gǔ wū fáng jià chā jù lā dà yǐ . . .
North Kaohsiung Riverbank Park has a high-quality environment with green corridors and trails, and the gap between pre-sale and second-hand house prices has widened...
公屋阿婆走廊水管玩吊单杠!住户恐压爆制止遭骂 网民教...
gōng wū ā pó zǒu láng shuǐ guǎn wán diào dān gàng ! zhù hù kǒng yā bào zhì zhǐ zāo mà wǎng mín jiào . . .
Playing with the horizontal bar in the public housing grandmother's corridor water pipe! Residents are afraid of being scolded for being scolded by netizens...
...烟火气·黔味中国年丨览林城山色,赏乌江画廊,赴..
. . . yān huǒ qì 黔 wèi zhōng guó nián 丨 lǎn lín chéng shān sè , shǎng wū jiāng huà láng , fù . .
... The Chinese New Year in Qianqian - A Taste of China
阿尔及尔有一条美丽的海滨长廊。
ā'ěrjí'ěr yǒu yī tiáo měilì de hǎibīn chángláng.
Algiers has a beautiful promenade on the seashore.
你想靠窗还是走廊？
Nǐ xiǎng kàochuāng háishi zǒuláng?
Would you like a window or aisle seat?
我们能在走廊里说话吗？
Wǒmen néng zài zǒuláng lǐ shuōhuà ma?
Can we speak in the hall?
雅尼把花放在了斯库拉家的门廊上。
Yǎ ní bǎ huā fàng zài le sī kù lā jiāde ménláng shàng.
Yanni left the flowers on Skura's porch.
Character Family
广 Radical Family — Characters sharing the shelter radical
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