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龙

lóng

HSK 5 Character Traditional 龍

What 龙 means

1. Chinese dragon; loong
2. (fig.) emperor
3. dragon
4. bound formdinosaur

Other readings

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

• Lóngsurname Long

Example sentences

• 恐龙！
  Dinosaur!
• 他是成龙。
  Tā shì Chéng Lóng.
  He's Jackie Chan.
• 我见过龙。
  I saw a dragon!
• 龙年结束了。
  The year of the dragon has ended.
• 水龙头在滴水。
  Shuǐlóngtóu zài dīshuǐ.
  The tap is running.
• 我喜欢火龙果。
  I like dragon fruit.

Words starting with 龙

• 龙头lóng tóufaucet; tap; bicycle handlebar; chief; boss (esp. of a gang)
• 龙虾lóng xiālobster
• 龙王Lóng wángDragon King (mythology)
• 龙卷风lóng juǎn fēngtornado; hurricane; twister
• 龙凤lóng fèngdragon and phoenix
• 龙飞lóng fēito promote (to official position in former times)
• 龙舟lóng zhōudragon boat; imperial boat
• 龙眼lóng yǎnlongan fruit; dragon eye fruit; Dimocarpus longan (botany)
• 龙骨lóng gǔ"dragon bones" (fossilized animal bones or teeth, used in TCM); breastbone (of a bird)…
• 龙宫lóng gōngpalace of the Dragon King at the bottom of the Eastern Sea
• 龙飞凤舞lóng fēi fèng wǔflamboyant or bold cursive calligraphy (idiom)
• 龙舌兰lóng shé lánagave (genus of plants); (esp.) Agave americana; agave-based spirit…
• 龙人Lóng rénDragon Man, the nickname of the individual whose fossilized cranium was discovered in…
• 龙利lóng lìsole; right-eyed flounder; flatfish
• 龙套lóng tàocostume of minor characters in opera, featuring dragon designs; walk-on
• 龙年lóng niánYear of the Dragon (e.g. 2000, 2012, etc)
• 龙床lóng chuángthe Emperor's bed
• 龙庭lóng tíngimperial court
• 龙标lóng biāo(mainland) film screening permit
• 龙种lóng zhǒngemperor's offspring
• 龙船lóng chuándragon boat (used at 端午
• 龙车lóng chēimperial chariot
• 龙钟lóng zhōngdecrepit; senile
• 龙阳Lóng yángplace in Shanghai; (colloquial) male homosexual

Words containing 龙

• 水龙头shuǐ lóng tóufaucet; tap
• 小龙xiǎo lóngsnake (as one of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals 生肖
• 沙龙shā lóngsalon (loanword)
• 恐龙kǒng lóngdinosaur; (old; slang) ugly person
• 黑龙江省Hēi lóng jiāng ShěngHeilongjiang Province, capital Harbin 哈尔滨市
• 飞龙fēi lóngdragon in flight; (fig.) (literary) person at the height of success
• 九龙Jiǔ lóngKowloon district of Hong Kong
• 青龙qīng lóng(slang) man lacking pubic hair; (mahjong) full straight (123, 456, 789 in one suit)
• 长龙cháng lónglong queue; long line (of cars, people etc)
• 成龙chéng lóngto succeed in life; to become somebody
• 车水马龙chē shuǐ mǎ lóngendless stream of horse and carriages (idiom); heavy traffic
• 来龙去脉lái lóng qù mài(lit.) the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom); (fig.) the whole sequence of events…
• 一条龙yī tiáo lónglit. one dragon; integrated chain; coordinated process
• 乌龙wū lóngblack dragon; unexpected mistake or mishap; own goal (soccer)
• 尼龙ní lóng(loanword) nylon
• 贺龙Hè LóngHe Long (1896-1969), important communist military leader, died from persecution during…
• 巨龙jù lónggigantic dragon (lit. and fig.); titanosaur (abbr. for 泰坦巨龙; (slang) big dick
• 李小龙Lǐ Xiǎo lóngBruce Lee (1940-1973), Hong Kong actor and martial arts expert
• 亚龙湾Yà lóng WānYalong Bay in Sanya 三亚
• 火龙huǒ lónga lantern or torchlight procession (resembling a fiery dragon)
• 望子成龙wàng zǐ chéng lónglit. to hope one's son becomes a dragon (idiom); fig. to long for one' s child to succeed…
• 接龙jiē lóngto build up a sequence; a succession of things, each linked to the previous one
• 雪铁龙Xuě tiě lóngCitroën (French car manufacturer)
• 乌龙茶wū lóng cháoolong tea

Characters that look like 龙

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

• 成chéngto succeed; to finish; to complete
• 至zhìto arrive; most; to
• 皮pískin; peel; rind; outer layer; leather; hide; fur; cover; wrapping; outer covering
• 圭guījade tablet, square at the base and rounded or pointed at the top, held by the nobility…
• 朮shùvariant of 术
• 戍shùgarrison

Sounds the same

Read lóng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 隆grand; intense; prosperous
• 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)