Lang6hiam2

The above is the official character for lang6 as in lang6hiam2.

However, Yanwu wrote me a story about seven days ago which I think is a very interesting one.  He wrote that some people would say lang6hiam2 should be written as 浪險.  As you know the lang6 浪 means waves.

Could this be 浪險?

As you know, DioSua nang always live by the sea and try to make a living from the sea.  They see the tide everyday and sometimes one escapes from huge stormy waves and their friends would praise them highly from surviving the big wave and hence lang6hiam2 浪險.

Yanwu is not sure if this is a true story, but it is a rather fascinating one to help us understand the meaning of langhiam. 

Going back to the above character again:

 In the Kangxi dictionary, which has over 47,000 characters, it is said as long3 in Mandarin.  Long3 actually means fierce and malicious.  However, for us Diosua nang, it means gather up.  And therefore langhiam in DioSua Ue, according to Yanwu, does not mean dangerous.  It actually means great or surprise.

Thank you Yanwu for explaining this for us.  Zoisia le.