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龙虾
lóngxiā
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English Definitionlobster
Simplified Script龙虾
Traditional Script龍蝦
Pinyinlóngxiā
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping)lung4haa1
Part of Speech(名) noun
Word Decomposition
龙lóngdragon; imperial; (Chinese surname)
虾xiāshrimp; prawn

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龙头lóngtóufaucet; water tap; bicycle handle bar; chief (esp. of gang); boss; decision maker; (market) leader (of companies); front end of mud-flow; figurehead on prow of dragon boat 龙船
龙年lóngniánYear of the Dragon (e.g. 2000, 2012, etc)
龙虎lónghǔoutstanding people; water and fire (in Daoist writing)
龙门lóngménLongmen county in Huizhou 惠州, Guangdong; mythical Dragon gate where a carp can transform into a dragon
龙马精神lóng mǎ jīngshénold but still full of vitality (idiom)
Words With Same Tail Word    
对虾duìxiāprawn; shrimp
大虾dàxiāprawn; (Internet slang) expert; whiz
明虾míngxiāprawn
青虾qīngxiāoriental river prawn (Macrobrachium nipponense), a species of freshwater shrimp
磷虾línxiākrill
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