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This can be translated literally as "Praying Mantis Fist".
螳螂拳 is sometimes called Shandong Praying Mantis after its place of origin. It was created by Wang Lang and was named after the praying mantis, an insect, the aggressiveness of which inspired the style.
Shaolin records document that Wang Lang was one of the 18 masters gathered by the Shaolin Abbot Fu Ju, which dates him and Northern Praying Mantis style to the Song Dynasty (960-1279 A.D.).
The fact that the word "Northern" is used in the English title has more to do with where this style came from (Shandong is in northern China) but "north" is absent from this Chinese title.
Note: 螳螂拳 is also a title in Japanese - however, only a Japanese person who practices or is familiar with "Praying Mantis Fist" style would recognize it.
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Northern Praying Mantis | 螳螂拳 | tou rou ken tourouken to ro ken toroken | táng láng quán tang2 lang2 quan2 tang lang quan tanglangquan | t`ang lang ch`üan tanglangchüan tang lang chüan |
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Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
狼 see styles |
láng / lang2 lang ookami(p);ookame(ok);oinu(ok);ookami / おおかみ(P);おおかめ(ok);おいぬ(ok);オオカミ |
![]() More info & calligraphy: (1) (kana only) wolf (Canis lupus); (2) wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer; (surname) Ookami A wolf; fierce. |
伊朗 see styles |
yī lǎng / yi1 lang3 i lang |
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布朗 see styles |
bù lǎng / bu4 lang3 pu lang |
Brown (name); Gordon Brown (1951-), UK politician, prime minister 2007-2010 |
晴朗 see styles |
qíng lǎng / qing2 lang3 ch`ing lang / ching lang seirou / sero / せいろう |
![]() More info & calligraphy: (noun or adjectival noun) clear; fair; fine; serene; (male given name) Harou |
波浪 see styles |
bō làng / bo1 lang4 po lang harou / haro / はろう |
![]() More info & calligraphy: waves; billows; surge; (female given name) Harou taraṅga, a wave, waves. |
津浪 see styles |
jīn làng / jin1 lang4 chin lang tsuba / つば |
![]() More info & calligraphy: tsunami; tidal wave; (surname) Tsuba |
浪人 see styles |
làng rén / lang4 ren2 lang jen rounin / ronin / ろうにん |
![]() More info & calligraphy: (n,vs,adj-no) (1) ronin; wandering samurai without a master to serve; (2) out of work; (3) waiting for another chance to enter a university; (given name) Rounin |
狼人 see styles |
láng rén / lang2 ren2 lang jen |
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破浪 see styles |
pò làng / po4 lang4 p`o lang / po lang |
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螳螂 see styles |
táng láng / tang2 lang2 t`ang lang / tang lang tourou / toro / とうろう kamakiri / かまきり |
![]() More info & calligraphy: (kana only) praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis) |
衝浪 冲浪 see styles |
chōng làng / chong1 lang4 ch`ung lang / chung lang |
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佛朗哥 see styles |
fó lǎng gē / fo2 lang3 ge1 fo lang ko |
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啷 see styles |
lāng / lang1 lang |
(onom.) bang; clank; see 哐啷, clatter |
埌 see styles |
làng / lang4 lang |
wasteland; wild |
塱 see styles |
lǎng / lang3 lang |
raised bank; mud wall |
嫏 see styles |
láng / lang2 lang |
see 嫏嬛[Lang2 huan2] |
崀 see styles |
làng / lang4 lang |
used in place names |
廊 see styles |
láng / lang2 lang rou / ro / ろう |
corridor; veranda; porch corridor; passage; hall |
朗 see styles |
lǎng / lang3 lang rō / ろう |
clear; bright (surname, given name) Rou bright |
桹 see styles |
láng / lang2 lang |
(palm) |
榔 see styles |
láng / lang2 lang |
tall tree (archaic) |
浪 see styles |
làng / lang4 lang rou / ro / ろう |
wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated; to stroll; to ramble (counter) (See 浪人・2) person who has spent X years after graduating high school attempting to get admitted to (a specific) university; (surname) Rou wave |
烺 see styles |
lǎng / lang3 lang |
blaze; light |
琅 see styles |
láng / lang2 lang roukan / rokan / ろうかん |
jade-like stone; clean and white; tinkling of pendants (given name) Roukan |
瑯 琅 see styles |
láng / lang2 lang |
(gem); tinkling of pendants See: 琅 |
稂 see styles |
láng / lang2 lang |
grass; weeds |
筤 see styles |
láng / lang2 lang |
young bamboo |
莨 see styles |
làng / lang4 lang taba / たば |
Scopalia japonica maxin (gikun reading) (1) (kana only) tobacco (por: tabaco); cigarette; cigaret; cigar; (2) (kana only) tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum); (surname) Taba |
蒗 see styles |
làng / lang4 lang |
(herb); place name |
蜋 螂 see styles |
láng / lang2 lang |
variant of 螂[lang2] |
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