郎君

Chinese

		youth	monarch; lord; gentleman monarch; lord; gentleman; ruler
simp. and trad. (郎君)		郎	君

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lángjūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄤˊ ㄐㄩㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): long⁴ gwan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lông-kun

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lángjūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄤˊ ㄐㄩㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lángjyun
    • Wade–Giles: lang²-chün¹
    • Yale: láng-jyūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: langjiun
    • Palladius: ланцзюнь (lanczjunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: long⁴ gwan¹
    • Yale: lòhng gwān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: long⁴ gwan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: long⁴ guen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːŋ²¹ kʷɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lông-kun
    • Tâi-lô: lông-kun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: longkwn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lɔŋ²⁴⁻²² kun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔŋ²⁴⁻²² kun³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔŋ¹³⁻²² kun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɔŋ²³⁻³³ kun⁴⁴/

Noun

郎君

1. playboy of a rich family
2. pimp

Derived terms

• 如意郎君 (rúyìlángjūn)

 

Pronoun

郎君

1. (dated) you; my husband and master (when addressing one's husband)

Proper noun

郎君

1. (～鎮) Langjun (a town in Yingcheng, Xiaogan, Hubei, China)

References

• “Entry #5534”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.