龍眼

See also: 龙眼

Chinese

	dragon; imperial; surname	eye
trad. (龍眼)	龍	眼
simp. (龙眼)	龙	眼
Literally: “dragon eye”.

龍眼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lóngyǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁴ ngaan⁵, lung⁴ ngaan^5-2
Jin (Wiktionary): lung¹ ngie²
Min Bei (KCR): lê̤ng-ngǎing
Min Dong (BUC): lèng-ngēng
Min Nan (POJ): lêng-géng / gêng-géng / lêng-kéng / gêng-kéng / lêng-gán / gêng-gán / gêng-ngái / liâng-géng / liông-gán / ngúi-ngúi / liông-kán

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: lóngyǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄢˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: longyean
  - IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵ i̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lung⁴ ngaan⁵, lung⁴ ngaan^5-2
  - Yale: lùhng ngáahn, lùhng ngáan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁴ ngaan⁵, lung⁴ ngaan^5-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: lung⁴ ngan⁵, lung⁴ ngan²
  - IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹ ŋɑːn¹³/, /lʊŋ²¹ ŋɑːn¹³⁻³⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: lung¹ ngie²
  - IPA (old-style): /lũŋ¹¹ ŋie⁵³/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: lê̤ng-ngǎing
  - IPA ^(key): /lœyŋ³³ ŋaiŋ²¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: lèng-ngēng
  - IPA ^(key): /l̃ɛiŋ⁵³⁻³³ ŋɛiŋ³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Lukang, Sanxia)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-géng
  - Tâi-lô: lîng-gíng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lenggeang
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Lukang, Hsinchu)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gêng-géng
  - Tâi-lô: gîng-gíng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: genggeang
  - IPA (Taipei): /giɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ giɪŋ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /giɪŋ²³⁻³³ giɪŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /giɪŋ²⁴⁻²² giɪŋ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Yilan, Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-kéng
  - Tâi-lô: lîng-kíng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lengkeang
- (Hokkien: Tainan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gêng-kéng
  - Tâi-lô: gîng-kíng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gengkeang
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-gán
  - Tâi-lô: lîng-gán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lenggarn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² gan⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gêng-gán
  - Tâi-lô: gîng-gán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: genggarn
- (Hokkien: Kinmen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gêng-ngái
  - Tâi-lô: gîng-ngái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gengngae
  - IPA (Kinmen): /giɪŋ²⁴⁻¹² ŋãɪ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâng-géng
  - Tâi-lô: liâng-gíng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lianggeang
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liông-gán
  - Tâi-lô: liông-gán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lionggarn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔŋ²⁴⁻²² gan⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngúi-ngúi
  - Tâi-lô: nguí-nguí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: nguynguie
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋuĩ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ŋuĩ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liông-kán
  - Tâi-lô: liông-kán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liongkarn
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɔŋ¹³⁻²² kan⁵³/

Middle Chinese: /lɨoŋ ŋˠɛn^X/▼

Rime
Character	龍	眼
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)	山 (73)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	力鍾切	五限切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨoŋ/	/ŋˠɛn^X/
Pan Wuyun	/lioŋ/	/ŋᵚæn^X/
Shao Rongfen	/lioŋ/	/ŋæn^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/luawŋ/	/ŋəɨn^X/
Li Rong	/lioŋ/	/ŋɛn^X/
Wang Li	/lĭwoŋ/	/ŋæn^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯woŋ/	/ŋăn^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lóng	yǎn

Noun

龍眼

longan (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 粒 c)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 龍眼 (“longan”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		龍眼、龍目、荔枝奴、亞荔枝、驪珠、圓眼、益智、燕卵、蜜脾、鮫淚、川彈子
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		龍眼
Taxonomic name		龍眼
Mandarin	Beijing	桂圓
	Taiwan	龍眼
	Harbin	桂圓
	Shenyang	桂圓
	Jinan	桂圓
	Muping	龍眼
	Luoyang	桂圓
	Xi'an	圓圓
	Xining	桂圓兒
	Xuzhou	龍眼、龍眼兒、桂圓
	Lanzhou	桂圓、圓圓
	Ürümqi	桂圓
	Wuhan	桂圓
	Chengdu	圓圓兒、桂圓、桂圓兒、龍眼、龍眼兒
	Guiyang	桂圓、圓圓
	Guilin	桂圓
	Liuzhou	龍眼、龍眼果、桂圓
	Kunming	桂圓
	Yangzhou	圓眼
	Nanjing	桂圓
	Hefei	圓圓
	Malaysia	龍眼
	Singapore	龍眼
Cantonese	Guangzhou	龍眼、圓眼
	Hong Kong	龍眼
	Shunde	龍眼
	Foshan	龍眼
	Zhongshan	龍眼
	Dongguan	龍眼
	Hong Kong (Weitou)	龍眼
	Taishan	圓眼
	Doumen	龍眼
	Kaiping	榕眼
	Shaoguan	龍眼
	Yunfu	榕眼
	Yangjiang	魚眼、龍眼
	Xinyi	龍眼
	Lianjiang	龍眼
	Nanning	龍眼
	Wuzhou	龍眼
	Yulin	龍眼子
	Hepu	龍眼
	Danzhou	龍眼
	Kuala Lumpur	龍眼
Gan	Nanchang	桂圓、泡圓
	Lichuan	頂圓
	Pingxiang	桂圓、福圓
Hakka	Meixian	牛眼、牛眼仔、龍眼
	Xingning	牛眼哩
	Huidong	龍眼
	Qujiang	圓肉
	Xiaosanjiang	龍眼果
	Luchuan	龍眼
	Changting	圓眼
	Pingyu	龍眼
	Wuping	龍眼
	Liancheng	龍眼
	Ninghua	泡圓
	Yudu	泡圓、林眼子
	Ruijin	圓眼
	Shicheng	泡圓
	Shangyou	泡圓
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	牛眼
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	牛眼
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	牛眼
	Dongshi (Dabu)	牛眼
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	牛眼
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	牛眼
	Hong Kong	龍眼
	Senai	龍眼
	Singkawang	龍眼
Huizhou	Jixi	桂圓
Jin	Taiyuan	桂圓、龍眼
Min Bei	Jian'ou	龍眼
Min Dong	Fuzhou	龍眼
	Changle	龍眼
	Fuqing	龍眼
	Yongtai	龍眼
	Gutian	龍眼
	Fu'an	龍眼
	Ningde	龍眼
	Shouning	寶圓
	Zhouning	寶圓
	Fuding	寶圓
Min Nan	Xiamen	龍眼
	Quanzhou	龍眼
	Zhangzhou	龍眼
	Taipei	龍眼
	Kaohsiung	龍眼
	Tainan	龍眼
	Taichung	龍眼
	Hsinchu	龍眼
	Lukang	龍眼
	Sanxia	龍眼
	Yilan	龍眼
	Kinmen	龍眼
	Magong	龍眼
	Penang	龍眼
	Philippines (Manila)	龍眼
	Pingnan	龍眼
	Chaozhou	肉眼
	Shantou	肉眼
	Haifeng	肉眼
	Johor Bahru	龍眼
	Wenchang	龍眼
	Haikou	龍眼
Pinghua	Nanning	龍眼
Pinghua	Guilin	龍眼
Wu	Shanghai	桂圓
	Suzhou	桂圓
	Hangzhou	桂圓
	Wenzhou	圓眼、魁圓
	Chongming	桂圓
	Danyang	泡圓、桂圓
	Jinhua	桂圓
	Ningbo	桂圓
Xiang	Changsha	桂圓
	Shuangfeng	桂圓、泡圓
	Loudi	泡圓、桂圓
	Quanzhou	龍眼

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (龍眼):

Japanese: 竜 (りゅう)眼 (がん) (ryūgan)
Korean: 롱안 (龍眼, rong-an)
Vietnamese: long nhãn (龍眼)

Others:

→ Bunun: lingkiing
→ English: longan
→ French: longane
→ Indonesian: lengkeng
→ Kanakanabu: ringking
→ Malay: longan
→ Paiwan: gingging
→ Puyuma: gingging
→ Rukai: ginggingi
→ Saaroa: lingikingi
→ Saisiyat: lingking
→ Taroko: lingking
→ Thao: lingkii
→ Uyghur: لۇڭيەن‏‎‎ (lungyen‏‎)

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