龙 lóng — dragon (Chinese mythical creature)
龙
Level 1 · Common HSK 5 #221
Traditional:
龍
lóng long2
Basic definition
Detailed explanation
- noun (象形。甲骨文，象龙形。本义:古代传说中一种有鳞有须能兴云作雨的神异动物)
- noun dragon e.g 龙工 · 龙公 · 龙渊 · 龙章 · 龙蛇 · 龙文 · 龙伯 · 龙沼 · 龙旌凤翣 · 龙门
- noun imperial e.g 龙颜龙凤 龙升 · 龙辇 · 龙腾 · 龙鳞 · 龙驭 · 龙兴 · 龙节 · 龙衮 · 龙下蛋 · 龙穴 · 龙御
- noun outstanding person e.g 龙凤 龙虎 · 龙蛇 · 龙逸 · 龙驹 · 龙鹏 · 龙翰凤翼 · 龙蟠凤逸
- noun fine horse e.g 龙子 · 龙文 · 龙姿 · 龙孙 · 龙驹 · 龙骥 · 龙媒
- noun vigorous e.g 龙蛇 · 龙文 · 龙虎 · 龙章 · 龙藻 · 龙骧豹变
- noun upright e.g 龙亢 · 龙性
- noun not round e.g 自行车前轱辘龙了
- noun 姓
Related words
- 龙头 faucet/water tap
- 黑龙江 Heilongjiang (province in northeast China)
- 沙龙 salon (gathering); salon (cultural venue)
- 恐龙 dinosaur
- 一条龙 lit. one dragon/integrated chain/coordinated process
- 乌龙 black dragon
- 龙舟 dragon boat
- 巨龙 a giant dragon; a colossus
- 水龙头 faucet
- 车水马龙 heavy traffic; a bustling flow of cars and horses
- 龙眼 longan fruit (Dimocarpus longan)
- 来龙去脉 the ins and outs; the whole story
- 龙虾 lobster
- 尼龙 nylon
- 长龙 long queue
- 合龙 to close (a dam or bridge) by joining the two ends in the middle
- 龙王 Dragon King (water deity in Chinese myth)
- 望子成龙 to hope that one's child will have a brilliant future; to expect one's son to be
- 小龙 the little dragon (a nickname for the snake in the zodiac)
- 龙卷风 tornado/hurricane/twister/cyclone