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Chinese
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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魚
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龍
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yú
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lóng
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ngjo ›
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‹ ljowng ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*a/
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/*-roŋ/
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| English
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fish (n.)
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dragon
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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魚
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龍
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/2
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| No.
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15939
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8436
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Phonetic
component
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魚
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龍
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Rime
group
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魚
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東
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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魚
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龍
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Old
Chinese
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/*ŋa/
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/*b·roŋ/
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Noun
魚龍
- (paleontology) ichthyosaur
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 魚／鱼 (yú), 龍／龙 (lóng).
- (poetic) aquatic creatures; fishes
魚龍瀺灂，山鳥群飛。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
鱼龙瀺灂，山鸟群飞。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: c. 3rd century, Ji Kang (嵇康), Poems Presented to My Elder Brother the Cultivated Talent on His Entry into the Army (《贈兄秀才入軍詩》). Translated by Stephen Owen and Wendy Swartz.
- Yúlóng chánzhuó, shānniǎo qúnfēi.
- Scaled fish swish softly in the water;
Mountain birds fly in flocks.
水月通禪寂，魚龍聽梵聲。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
水月通禅寂，鱼龙听梵声。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: c. 8th century, Qian Qi (錢起), Farewell to a Japanese Buddhist Priest Bound Homeward (《送僧歸日本》), translated by Witter Bynner.
- Shuǐyuè tōng chánjì, yúlóng tīng fànshēng.
- The water and the moon are as calm as your faith,
Fishes and dragons follow your chanting.
Derived terms
See also
Japanese
| For pronunciation and definitions of 魚龍 – see the following entry.
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| (This term, 魚龍, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)
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Korean
Noun
魚龍 • (eoryong or McCune-Reischauer: ŏryong or Yale: elyong) (hangeul 어룡)
- hanja form? of 어룡 (“ichthyosaur”)
