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lóng

Main
English Definition	dragon; imperial; (Chinese surname)
Simplified Script	龙
Traditional Script	龍
Pinyin	lóng
Effective Pinyin (After Tone Sandhi)	Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)	ㄌㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping)	lung⁴
Part of Speech	(名) noun
Measure Words	条
Topical Word Lists	Part of animals/mythical Part of religion/mysticism/chinese zodiac animals
Proficiency Test Level	HSK.v3=3 TOCFL=5

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Words With Same Head Word
龙头	lóngtóu	faucet; 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	lóngnián	Year of the Dragon (e.g. 2000, 2012, etc)
龙虎	lónghǔ	outstanding people; water and fire (in Daoist writing)
龙门	lóngmén	Longmen county in Huizhou 惠州, Guangdong; mythical Dragon gate where a carp can transform into a dragon
龙马精神	lóng mǎ jīngshén	old but still full of vitality (idiom)

Words With Same Tail Word
沙龙	shālóng	salon (loanword)
成龙	chénglóng	to succeed in life; to become somebody; Jackie Chan (1954-), kungfu film and Cantopop star
恐龙	kǒnglóng	dinosaur; (slang) ugly person
小龙	xiǎolóng	snake (as one of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals 生肖)
一条龙	yī tiáo lóng	lit. one dragon; integrated chain; coordinated process

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