Usage of the character 榔
láng
榔
[榔]
- tall tree (archaic)
guāngláng
桄榔
[桄榔]
- arenga or sugar palm (Arenga pinnata)
lángyú
榔榆
[榔榆]
- Chinese or lacebark elm (Ulmus parvifolia)
lángkāng
榔槺
[榔槺]
- cumbersome
- awkward and clumsy
lángtou
榔头
[榔頭]
- hammer
- large hammer
- sledgehammer
bīnglang
槟榔
[檳榔]
- betel palm (Areca catechu); betel nut
Bīnglangyǔ
槟榔屿
[檳榔嶼]
- (old name) Penang Island, Malaysia
mǎbīnglang
马槟榔
[馬檳榔]
- caper
bīnglang Xīshī
槟榔西施
[檳榔西施]
- (Tw) betel nut beauty: a skimpily-dressed, attractive girl who sells betel nut from a glass-walled roadside booth
dōngyīlángtóuxīyībàngzi
东一榔头西一棒子
[東一榔頭西一棒子]
- banging away clumsily in all directions with no overall vision