龍溪
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Chinese
| dragon; imperial; surname | creek | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (龍溪) | 龍 | 溪 | |
| simp. (龙溪) | 龙 | 溪 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): lung4 kai1
- Eastern Min (BUC): Lṳ̀ng-kă̤
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Liông-khe
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Lóngsi
- Wade–Giles: Lung2-hsi1
- Yale: Lúng-syī
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Longshi
- Palladius: Лунси (Lunsi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lʊŋ³⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lung4 kai1
- Yale: lùhng kāi
- Cantonese Pinyin: lung4 kai1
- Guangdong Romanization: lung4 kei1
- Sinological IPA (key): /lʊŋ²¹ kʰɐi̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: Lṳ̀ng-kă̤
- Sinological IPA (key): /l̃yŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ (kʰ-)ŋɛ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
Proper noun
龍溪
- (～縣) (historical) Longxi (a former county of Fujian, China, now part of Longhai, Xiangcheng and Longwen)
- (～鎮) Longxi (a town in Wushan, Chongqing, China)
Derived terms
References
- Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “khe”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 264; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 264