九龍

See also: 九龙

Chinese

nine dragon; imperial; surname
trad. (九龍)
simp. (九龙)

Pronunciation


Noun

九龍

  1. (Chinese mythology) nine dragons that were able to control water resources to prevent flooding
  2. (Chinese mythology) beast ridden by immortals
  3. (literary, figuratively, laudatory) nine men from the same school or family

Derived terms

  • 九龍壁九龙壁

Proper noun

九龍

  1. Kowloon (an area in Hong Kong)
  2. (~江) Jiulong River (river in southern Fujian)
  3. () Jiulong County, Sichuan, China

Synonyms

  • (river): 北溪 (Běixī) (upper reaches, above the confluence with the Xixi); 龍江龙江 (Lóngjiāng) (obsolete or historical)

Derived terms

  • 九龍塘九龙塘
  • 九龍灣九龙湾

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (九龍):
  • Japanese:  (きゅう) (りゅう) (Kyūryū)
  • Korean: 구룡 (九龍, Guryong)
  • Vietnamese: Cửu Long (九龍)

Others:

  • English: Kowloon
  • Japanese: 九龍 (クーロン) (Kūron), 九龍 (カウロン) (Kauron)
  • Korean: 주룽 (jurung)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
きゅう
Grade: 1
りゅう
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

From Chinese 九龍

Proper noun

九龍 (hiragana きゅうりゅう, rōmaji Kyūryū)

  1. Kowloon

See also

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
かう
Grade: 1
ろん
Jinmeiyō
Irregular
Kanji in this term
くー
Grade: 1
ろん
Jinmeiyō
Irregular

Borrowed from Cantonese 九龍 (gau2 lung4)

Proper noun

九龍 (katakana クーロン, rōmaji Kūron, alternative reading カウロン, rōmaji Kauron)

  1. Kowloon
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.