Lang
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From , from , from .
Adjective
- long (having great distance)
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Adjective
- long
- Het was een lange dag. — It's been a long day.
- tall
- Een lange man. — A tall man.
- lengthy (time)
- Het duurt lang. — It takes a long time.
Adverb
- a long time
- Wie heeft het langst gespeeld? — "Who played longest?
Adjective
Noun
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Pinyin syllable
lang
- A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, lāng, láng, lǎng, or làng.
Usage notes
English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.