ràŋ
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ran"
Lai
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-m-raŋ ~ s-raŋ.
Noun
ràŋ
Mandarin
Romanization
ràŋ
- rare spelling of ràng
Usage notes
- 《汉语拼音方案》 (Hànyǔ Pīnyīn Fāng'àn, “Scheme for the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet”) specifies that ⟨ẑ⟩, ⟨ĉ⟩, ⟨ŝ⟩ and ⟨ŋ⟩ may be used as abbreviations for ⟨zh⟩, ⟨ch⟩, ⟨sh⟩ and ⟨ng⟩ respectively, though these are rarely used in practice.