龍 (lung4 | long2) : dragon

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龍

lung4

long2

[1] [n] dragon [2] of the emperor; imperial [3] a huge extinct reptile [4] a Chinese family name [5] Kangxi radical 212

Stroke count: 16

Level: 2

Radical: (#212)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

龍 / 龙

This word has been viewed 24471 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 13th Jul 2009 08:38

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過龍 gwo3 lung4 = to go too far; to do something to excess 粵

烏龍茶 wu1 lung4*2 caa4 wu1 long2 cha2 = Oolong tea, black dragon tea

沙龍快相 saa1 lung4 faai3 soeng1*2 = speed camera

瞓過龍 fan3 gwo3 lung4 = oversleep 粵

九龍 gau2 lung4 jiu3 long2 = Kowloon, Hong Kong

龍鳳 lung4 fung6 long2 feng4 = dragon and phoenix; (placename) Lung Fung

車龍 ce1 lung4 che1 long2 = a long line of vehicles

龍眼 lung4 ngaan5 long2 yan3 = longan

亂龍 lyun6*2 lung4 = disorderly 粵

龍蝦 lung4 haa1 long2 xia1 = lobster
See all 179 compounds (CantoDict reports 183 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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烏龍茶係茶嘅一種。粵
烏龍茶 is a type of tea.

扭開個水龍頭! 粵
Turn on the tap.

我哋去過九龍粵
We've been to Kowloon.

有個人喺九龍花園搵到個化石粵
Someone found a fossil in Kowloon Park.

荔枝過造後至到龍眼旺季
The peak season for longans to come on sale is after the lychees.

佢將我傳畀佢嘅波頭槌入龍門粵
I passed the ball to him and he scored with a header
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你食咗草龍咩咁好唱口粵
You are happily singing non-stop. Are you on drugs?

大家都知道亞雄吹水功夫一流，佢可以將一件簡單嘅事講到天花龍鳳嚟吸引人。粵
Everyone knows Ah Hung is really good at talking. He can capture his audience by making a simple matter so sophisticated.

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 龍
Unicode code for this character: U+9f8d (off-site link)

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