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九龍

简九龙 · 繁九龍

Mandarin · pinyin Jiǔ lóng

Kowloon district of Hong Kong

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九: jiǔ · nine
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龙: lóng · dragon; symbolic of emperor

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3–2 · Jiu3 long2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gau2 lung4

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noun

(Chinese mythology) nine dragons that were able to control water to prevent flooding
(Chinese mythology) beast ridden by immortals
(literary, figurative, laudatory) nine men from the same school or family

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Kowloon (an urban area of Hong Kong)
(～江) Jiulong River (a river in southern Fujian)
(～縣) Jiulong (a county of Garzê prefecture, Sichuan)
(～省) Cửu Long (a former province of Vietnam) (1976–1992)

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