文郎

Chinese

		language; culture; writing language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle	youth
simp. and trad. (文郎)		文	郎

Etymology

Ferlus (2009) considers the second syllable to belong to the word-family *-raːŋ ("human being, person") of Southeast Asian ethnonyms.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wénláng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄌㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ long⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wénláng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄌㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wúnláng
    • Wade–Giles: Wên²-lang²
    • Yale: Wén-láng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wenlang
    • Palladius: Вэньлан (Vɛnʹlan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ lɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁴ long⁴
    • Yale: màhn lòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ long⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ long⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ lɔːŋ²¹/

Proper noun

文郎

1. (history) Văn Lang (the first nation of the ancient Vietnamese people according to legend)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
文	郎

Noun

文郎

1. chữ Hán form of Văn Lang.