琅琅

Chinese

(gem); tinkling of pendants (gem); tinkling of pendants
simp. and trad.
(琅琅) 		琅 琅

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 琅
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 唐 (101)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 魯當切
Baxter lang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/lɑŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/lɑŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/lɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/laŋ/
Li
Rong 		/lɑŋ/
Wang
Li 		/lɑŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/lɑŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		láng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		long4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 琅 琅
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		láng láng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ lang › ‹ lang ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[r]ˁaŋ/ /*[r]ˁaŋ/
English (a kind of precious stone) 琅邪 (name of a mountain in Shāndōng)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 琅
Reading # 1/1
No. 8018
Phonetic
component 		良
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		郎
Old
Chinese 		/*raːŋ/

Adjective

琅琅

  1. (onomatopoetic, of sound) clear and sonorous

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 不琅琅
  • 各琅琅
  • 廝琅琅 / 厮琅琅
  • 書聲琅琅 / 书声琅琅
  • 桑琅琅
  • 琅琅上口
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