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郎中

郎中

Chinese

		youth	middle; center; within middle; center; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
simp. and trad. (郎中)		郎	中
anagram		中郎

Noun

郎中

(archaic) captain of a palace guard squadron (position title)
(archaic) herbal doctor
(archaic) companion (respectful form of address)
(archaic) trickster; fraudster

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): lángzhōng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄤˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
Min Nan (POJ): lông-tiong

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: lángzhōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄤˊ ㄓㄨㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: langjong
  - IPA ^(key): /lɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lông-tiong
  - Tâi-lô: lông-tiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: longdiofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lɔŋ²⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔŋ²⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔŋ¹³⁻²² tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔŋ²³⁻³³ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/