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lóng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lóng | long2
English translation
dragon; symbol of the emperor

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About lóng

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Number of strokes

16

Radical frequency

14

Traditional form

lóng

Contains the radical

lóng

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

A dragon facing left and bending downwards

Etymology of lóng

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Type

pictographic

Positional decomposition

⿰⿱立月

Explanation

Pictograph of a dragon curled up. The simplified character Lóng was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character lóng .

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Words with lóng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
Lóng dragon lóng
恐龙 kǒng lóng dinosaur恐龍
龙头 lóng tóu faucet龍頭
龙虾 lóng xiā lobster龍蝦
飞龙 fēi lóng wyvern (type of dragon)飛龍
沙龙 shā lóng salon (loanword)沙龍
龙卷风 lóng juǎn fēng tornado龍捲風
龙年 lóng nián Year of the Dragon (e.g. 2000, 2012, etc)龍年
黑龙江 Hēi lóng jiāng Amur river黑龍江
水龙头 shuǐlóngtóu faucet水龍頭
黑龙江省 Hēi lóng jiāng Shěng Heilongjiang Province (Heilungkiang) in northeast China, abbr. Hēi , capital Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨 Hā ěr bīn [Hā​'ěr​bīn]黑龍江省
成龙 Chéng Lóng to succeed in life成龍
马龙 Mǎ lóng Malong county in Qujing 曲靖 Qǔ jìng [Qǔ​jìng], Yunnan馬龍
来龙去脉 lái lóng qù mài causes and effects來龍去脈
龙虎 lóng hǔ outstanding people龍虎
龙门 Lóng mén Longmen county in Huizhou 惠州 Huì zhōu [Huì​zhōu], Guangdong龍門
李小龙 Lǐ Xiǎo lóng Bruce Lee (1940-1973), Hong Kong actor and martial arts expert李小龍
尼龙 ní lóng nylon (loanword)尼龍
火龙 huǒ lóng fiery dragon火龍
一条龙 yī tiáo lóng lit. one dragon一條龍
生龙活虎 shēng lóng huó hǔ fig. vigorous and lively生龍活虎
独眼龙 dú yǎn lóng one-eyed person獨眼龍

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