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隆

lóng

HSK 6 Character

What 隆 means

1. grand
2. intense
3. prosperous
4. to swell
5. to bulge

Other readings

隆 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• lōngsound of drums
• Lóngsurname Long; short for {吉隆坡|Jí lóng pō}, Kuala Lumpur

Example sentences

• 吉隆坡值得一游。
  Jílóngpō zhíde yī yóu.
  Kuala Lumpur is worth visiting.
• 伊隆·马斯克是纳粹分子。
  Elon Musk is a Nazi.
• 基隆的海鲜餐厅非常有名。
  The seafood restaurants in Keelung are very famous.
• 新的社区中心在昨天隆重落成。
  The new community center was inaugurated yesterday with pomp and circumstance.
• 他从台北开车到基隆只花了四十分钟。
  He drove from Taipei to Keelung in just forty minutes.
• 埃翁多语是客麦隆埃翁多部落所说的语言。
  āi wēng duō yǔ shì kè mài lōng āi wēng duō bùluò suǒ shuō de yǔyán.
  Ewondo is the language spoken by the Ewondo tribe of Cameroon.

Words starting with 隆

• 隆重lóng zhònggrand; prosperous; ceremonious
• 隆隆lóng lóngrumble
• 隆起lóng qǐto swell; to bulge
• 隆冬lóng dōngmidwinter; the depth of winter
• 隆中Lóng zhōngscenic area near Xiangyang 襄阳
• 隆情lóng qíngprofound love
• 隆河Lóng HéRhone, river of Switzerland and France; also written 罗纳河
• 隆阳区Lóng yáng QūLongyang, a district of Baoshan City 保山市
• 隆隆声lóng lóng shēngrumble (sound of thunder or gunfire)
• 隆乳lóng rǔbreast enlargement
• 隆乳手术lóng rǔ shǒu shùbreast enlargement operation; boob job
• 隆化县Lóng huà XiànLonghua, a county in Chengde City 承德市
• 隆回县Lóng huí XiànLonghui, a county in Shaoyang City 邵阳市
• 隆子县Lóng zǐ XiànLhünzê, a county in Shannan City 山南市
• 隆安县Lóng ān XiànLong'an, a county in Nanning City 南宁市
• 隆德县Lóng dé XiànLongde, a county in Guyuan City 固原市
• 隆胸lóng xiōngto enlarge the breasts; breast enlargement
• 隆情厚谊lóng qíng hòu yìprofound love, generous friendship (idiom)
• 隆昌市Lóng chāng ShìLongchang, a county-level city in Neijiang City 内江市
• 隆尧县Lóng yáo XiànLongyao, a county in Xingtai City 邢台市
• 隆林各族自治县Lóng lín Gè zú Zì zhì xiànLonglin Various Nationalities Autonomous County, in Baise City 百色市
• 隆化Lóng huàsee 隆化县
• 隆回Lóng huísee 隆回县
• 隆子Lóng zǐsee 隆子县

Words containing 隆

• 兴隆xīng lóngprosperous; thriving; flourishing
• 乾隆Qián lóngthe Qianlong era; Qianlong Emperor (1711–1799), sixth Qing emperor, princely title 宝亲王
• 克隆kè lóng(biology; loanword) to clone; a clone; (fig.) to make an identical copy of (a website etc)
• 科隆Kē lóngCologne, Germany; Colón, Panama
• 吉隆坡Jí lóng pōKuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia
• 轰隆hōng lōng(onomatopoeia) rumbling; rolling
• 袁隆平Yuán Lóng píngYuan Longping (1930–2021), Chinese agronomist known as the "father of hybrid rice"
• 基隆Jī lóngChilung or Keelung, city and major port in north Taiwan
• 瓦隆Wǎ lōngWalloon, inhabitant of Southern French-speaking area of Belgium
• 克隆人kè lóng rénclone human
• 则步隆Zé bù lóngZabulon or Zebulun, biblical land between Jordan and Galilee (Matthew 4:15)
• 基隆市Jī lóng ShìChilung or Keelung, city and major port in north Taiwan
• 布隆迪Bù lóng díBurundi
• 村上隆Cūn shàng LōngMurakami Takashi (1963-), Japanese artist
• 武隆区Wǔ lóng QūWulong, a district of Chongqing 重庆
• 波隆那Bō lōng nàBologna, city in Northern Italy
• 科隆水kē lóng shuǐcologne
• 伊普西隆yī pǔ xī lóngepsilon (Greek letter Εε)
• 克隆技术kè lóng jì shùcloning technology
• 巴塞隆纳Bā sài lóng nà(Taiwan) Barcelona, Spain
• 布隆伯格Bù lōng bó géBlumberg or Bloomberg (name)
• 布隆方丹Bù lóng fāng dānBloemfontein
• 生意兴隆shēng yì xīng lóngthriving and prosperous business or trade
• 科隆群岛Kē lóng Qún dǎoGalapagos Islands

Characters that look like 隆

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 愉yúpleased
• 陵língmound; tomb; hill
• 俺ǎnI (northern dialects)
• 腌āused in 腌臜; Taiwan pr. āng
• 晦huì(bound form) last day of a lunar month; (bound form) dark; gloomy; (literary) night
• 陲chuífrontier

Sounds the same

Read lóng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 龙Chinese dragon; loong; (fig.) emperor; dragon
• 笼enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc; cage; basket; steamer basket
• 咙used in 喉咙
• 聋deaf
• 泷rapids; waterfall; torrential (rain)
• 胧used in 朦胧
• 珑tinkling of gem-pendants
• 窿cavity; hole
• 茏Polygonum posumbu
• 砻(dialect) tool used to hull rice (similar to a grain mill)…
• 眬used in 蒙眬
• 巃steep; precipitous (of mountain)