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龍
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2 · long2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
lung4
Cantonese word readings for 龍. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- (mythology) Chinese dragon; loong (Classifier: 條／条 m c h; 尾 mn)
- (mythology) Western dragon
- Dragon (Chinese zodiac sign)
- (figurative) emperor; sovereign; king; of the emperor
- (figurative) chief; hero; towering figure
- (by extension) dragon-shaped object; long object
- (by extension) dragon-adorned object
- (zoology, paleontology) extinct reptilian creature; -saur
- (Eastern Min) to become clear-minded; to be revitalised
- (Cantonese, soccer and other sports) goal (Classifier: 個／个 c)
- (Cantonese, soccer and other sports) goalkeeper (Classifier: 個／个 c)
- (figurative) queue; line (Classifier: 條／条 c)
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) money
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) snake meat
- (Shanghainese, slang) a hundred of a currency designation
- (dialectal) rainbow
- a surname
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