ràŋ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ran"

Lai

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k-m-raŋ ~ s-raŋ.

Noun

ràŋ

1. horse

Mandarin

Romanization

ràŋ

1. Rare spelling of ràng.

Usage notes

• 漢語拼音方案／汉语拼音方案 (Hànyǔ Pīnyīn Fāng'àn, “Scheme for the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet”) specifies that ⟨ẑ⟩, ⟨ĉ⟩, ⟨ŝ⟩ and ⟨ŋ⟩ may be used as abbreviations for ⟨zh⟩, ⟨ch⟩, ⟨sh⟩ and ⟨ng⟩ respectively, though these are rarely used in practice.