螂

láng

mantis, dung beetle

How to write 螂, stroke by stroke

variant of 螂; used in 蚂螂; used in 蜣螂 and 虼螂; used in 螳螂; used in 蟑螂

Pictophonetic: semantic 虫 (insect), phonetic 郎

Made of 虫 + 郎

蟑螂zhāng lángcockroach
螳螂táng lángmantis; praying mantis
刀螂dāo lang(dialect) mantis
蚂螂mā lángdragonfly
蟑螂屋zhāng láng wūcockroach trap
蜣螂qiāng lángdung beetle
屎蚵螂shǐ kē lángdung beetle
南派螳螂nán pài táng lángChow Gar - "Southern Praying Mantis" - Martial Art
螳螂捕蝉táng láng bǔ chánthe mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 庄子); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
虼螂gè lángsee 蜣螂

吃蟑螂不好吗？
chī zhāng láng bù hǎo ma ？
Is eating cockroaches a bad idea?
这毒药用来治蟑螂很有效。
zhè dú yào yòng lái zhì zhāng láng hěn yǒu xiào 。
This poison is very effective in getting rid of roaches.
她只对鱼和蟑螂感兴趣。
tā zhī duì yú hé zhāng láng gǎn xìng qù 。
She's only interested in fish and cockroaches.
吃蟑螂安全吗？
chī zhāng láng ān quán ma ？
Is it safe to eat cockroaches?
别把烟头往地上扔，要不然蟑螂会得癌症的。
bié bǎ yān tóu wǎng dì shàng rēng ， yào bù rán zhāng láng huì dé ái zhèng de 。
Don't throw cigarette butts on the ground. Cockroaches might get cancer.