Keyword
dragon
- symbol of the emperor
- Frequency
- #863
- Strokes
- 5
Readings
lóng100%
Mnemonic
A dragon
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
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Used in vocabulary
龙
Chinese dragon; loong; (fig.) emperor; dragon; (bound form) dinosaur
黑龙江
Heilong River or Amur River, forming the border between northeast China and Russia
龙头
faucet; tap; bicycle handlebar; chief; boss (esp. of a gang); (referring to a company) leader; front-runner; figurehead on the prow of a dragon boat 龙船 (lóngchuán)
恐龙
dinosaur (CL:头 (tóu),只 (zhī)); (old) (slang) ugly person
九龙
Kowloon district of Hong Kong
黑龙江省
Heilongjiang Province, capital Harbin 哈尔滨市 (Hā'ěrbīnShì) (short name 黑 (Hēi))
沙龙
salon (loanword)
青龙
Azure Dragon, one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations, representing the east and the spring season
龙卷风
tornado; hurricane; twister; cyclone
龙门
Dragon Gate, mythical gate at the crest of a waterfall over which a carp may leap to become a dragon; (fig.) gateway to success or greatness
成龙
Jackie Chan (1954-), kungfu film and Cantopop star
龙王
Dragon King (mythology)
龙虾
lobster
小龙
snake (as one of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals 生肖 (shēngxiào))
乌龙
black dragon; unexpected mistake or mishap; own goal (soccer); oolong (tea); (Tw) (loanword from Japanese) udon
一条龙
lit. one dragon; integrated chain; coordinated process
巨龙
gigantic dragon (lit. and fig.); titanosaur (abbr. for 泰坦巨龙 (tàitǎnjùlóng)); (slang) big dick; schlong
来龙去脉
(lit.) the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom); (fig.) the whole sequence of events; causes and effects
飞龙
dragon in flight; (fig.) (literary) person at the height of success
李小龙
Bruce Lee (1940-1973), Hong Kong actor and martial arts expert
龙凤
dragon and phoenix
尼龙
(loanword) nylon
水龙头
faucet; tap
龙舟
dragon boat; imperial boat