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龙

Traditional (Taiwan): 龍

On the HSK 5 vocabulary list, at CEFR level B2.

lóng ㄌㄨㄥˊ

    • Chinese dragon loong
    • emperor

      fig.

    • dragon
    • dinosaur

      bound form

    • surname Long

Classifiers (measure words)

Chinese dragon

dragon

Other words read lóng

In the same tone

  • 隆 lóng grand
  • 笼 lóng cage
  • 聋 lóng deaf
  • 珑 lóng tinkling of gem-pendants
  • 砻 lóng tool used to hull rice

All 14 words read lóng

long with other tones

  • 弄 lòng lane
  • 拢 lǒng collect
  • 陇 lǒng short name for Gansu 甘肃 gānsù
  • 垄 lǒng ridge between fields
  • 儱 lǒng rude

All 20 words read long in any tone

How 龙 is written

    部首 radical
    龙
    笔画 strokes
    5
    结构 structure
    独体字

    龙 as a 部首

    龙 is a 部首 (bùshǒu), a radical. A Chinese dictionary files every character under one of them, and this one files 4 under 龙. Look a character up by the 龙 radical

    Words with 龙

    Starting with 龙

    • 龙头 lóngtóu faucet
    • 龙门 lóngmén (fig.) gateway to success or greatness
    • 龙袍 lóngpáo dragon robe
    • 龙王 lóngwáng Dragon King
    • 龙宫 lónggōng palace of the Dragon King at the bottom of the Eastern Sea

    All 131 words starting with 龙

    Ending with 龙

    • 小龙 xiǎolóng snake
    • 蟠龙 pánlóng coiled dragon
    • 恐龙 kǒnglóng dinosaur
    • 九龙 jiǔlóng Kowloon district of Hong Kong
    • 火龙 huǒlóng lantern or torchlight procession

    All 113 words ending with 龙

    Containing 龙

    • 黑龙江 hēilóngjiāng Heilong River or Amur River, forming the border between northeast China and Russia
    • 黑龙江省 hēilóngjiāngshěng Heilongjiang Province, capital Harbin 哈尔滨市 hāěrbīnshì
    • 来龙去脉 láilóngqùmài causes and effects
    • 水龙头 shuǐlóngtóu faucet
    • 群龙无首 qúnlóngwúshǒu lit. a thunder of dragons without a head

    All 97 words containing 龙

    Example sentences and grammar articles using 龙

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