龍眼

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See also: 龙眼

Chinese

dragon; imperial; surname eye
trad. (龍眼) 龍 眼
simp. (龙眼) 龙 眼
Literally: “dragon eye”.
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龍眼

Pronunciation

Note:
  • lêng5 ngang2 - literary;
  • nêg8 oin2 - vernacular (usually written as 肉眼).
    Rime
    Character 龍 眼
    Reading # 1/1 1/1
    Initial (聲) 來 (37) 疑 (31)
    Final (韻) 鍾 (7) 山 (73)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Open Open
    Division (等) III II
    Fanqie 力鍾切 五限切
    Baxter ljowng ngeanX
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/lɨoŋ/ /ŋˠɛnX/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/lioŋ/ /ŋᵚænX/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/lioŋ/ /ŋænX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/luawŋ/ /ŋəɨnX/
    Li
    Rong         		/lioŋ/ /ŋɛnX/
    Wang
    Li         		/lĭwoŋ/ /ŋænX/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/li̯woŋ/ /ŋănX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		lóng yǎn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		lung4 ngaan5

    Noun

    龍眼

    1. longan (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 粒 c)
    2. (～葡萄) longyan (type of grape)

    Synonyms

    • (longan):
    Dialectal synonyms of 龍眼 (“longan”)
    Variety Location Words
    Classical Chinese 龍眼, 龍目, 荔枝奴, 亞荔枝, 驪珠, 圓眼, 益智, 燕卵, 蜜脾, 鮫淚, 川彈子
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 龍眼
    Taxonomic name 龍眼
    Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 桂圓
    Taiwan 龍眼
    Harbin 桂圓
    Shenyang 桂圓
    Malaysia 龍眼
    Singapore 龍眼
    Jilu Mandarin Jinan 桂圓
    Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 龍眼
    Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 桂圓
    Xi'an 圓圓
    Xining 桂圓兒
    Xuzhou 龍眼, 龍眼兒, 桂圓
    Lanyin Mandarin Lanzhou 桂圓, 圓圓
    Ürümqi 桂圓
    Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 圓圓兒, 桂圓, 桂圓兒, 龍眼, 龍眼兒
    Wuhan 桂圓
    Guiyang 桂圓, 圓圓
    Kunming 桂圓
    Guilin 桂圓
    Liuzhou 龍眼, 龍眼果, 桂圓
    Nanning (Wuming) 龍眼, 龍眼果
    Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 桂圓
    Yangzhou 圓眼
    Hefei 圓圓
    Cantonese Guangzhou 龍眼, 圓眼
    Hong Kong 龍眼
    Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 龍眼
    Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 龍眼
    Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 龍眼
    Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 龍眼仔
    Macau 龍眼
    Guangzhou (Panyu) 龍眼
    Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 龍眼
    Guangzhou (Conghua) 圓眼
    Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 龍眼
    Foshan 龍眼
    Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 龍眼
    Foshan (Shunde) 龍眼
    Foshan (Sanshui) 龍眼
    Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 龍眼
    Zhongshan (Shiqi) 龍眼
    Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 龍眼
    Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 龍眼
    Zhuhai (Doumen) 龍眼
    Jiangmen (Baisha) 龍眼
    Jiangmen (Xinhui) 龍眼
    Taishan 圓眼
    Kaiping (Chikan) 榕眼
    Enping (Niujiang) 龍眼
    Heshan (Yayao) 龍眼
    Dongguan 龍眼
    Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 龍眼
    Shaoguan 龍眼
    Yunfu 榕眼
    Yangjiang 魚眼, 龍眼
    Xinyi 龍眼
    Lianjiang 龍眼
    Nanning 龍眼
    Wuzhou 龍眼
    Yulin 龍眼子
    Hepu (Lianzhou) 龍眼
    Danzhou 龍眼
    Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 龍眼
    Singapore (Guangfu) 龍眼
    Yangon (Taishan) 龍眼
    Mandalay (Taishan) 龍眼
    Gan Nanchang 桂圓, 泡圓
    Pengze 桂圓
    Lichuan 頂圓
    Pingxiang 桂圓, 福圓
    Hakka Meixian 牛眼, 牛眼仔, 龍眼
    Xingning 牛眼哩
    Dabu (Xihe) 牛眼
    Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 龍眼
    Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) 龍眼
    Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) 龍眼
    Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) 龍眼
    Huidong (Daling) 龍眼
    Dongguan (Qingxi) 龍眼
    Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) 龍眼仔
    Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) 龍眼
    Boluo (Bendihua) 龍眼
    Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 龍眼
    Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) 龍眼
    Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 龍眼
    Wuhua (Shuizhai) 龍眼
    Wuhua (Huacheng) 龍眼
    Wuhua (Changbu) 龍眼
    Wuhua (Mianyang) 牛眼
    Heyuan (Bendihua) 龍眼
    Zijin 龍眼
    Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) 龍眼
    Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) 果哎
    Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) 果哎
    Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) 龍眼
    Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) 龍眼
    Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) 龍眼
    Shaoguan (Qujiang) 圓肉
    Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) 龍眼
    Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) 龍眼
    Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 龍眼果
    Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 龍眼
    Jiexi 牛眼
    Luhe 牛眼
    Raoping (Xinfeng) 牛眼
    Changting 圓眼, 龍眼
    Longyan (Yongding) 龍眼
    Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) 龍眼
    Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding) 龍眼
    Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding) 龍眼
    Wuping 龍眼
    Wuping (Pingyu) 龍眼
    Liancheng 龍眼
    Liancheng (Peitian) 圓眼
    Liancheng (Zhongbao) 龍眼
    Liancheng (Laiyuan) 龍眼
    Ninghua 泡圓
    Yudu 泡圓, 林眼子
    Ruijin 圓眼
    Shicheng 泡圓
    Shangyou (Shexi) 泡圓
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 牛眼
    Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian) 牛眼
    Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian) 牛眼
    Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian) 牛眼
    Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian) 牛眼
    Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian) 牛眼
    Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian) 牛眼
    Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) 牛眼
    Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) 牛眼
    Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 牛眼仔
    Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) 牛眼仔
    Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) 牛眼仔
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 牛眼
    Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 牛眼
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 牛眼
    Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) 牛眼
    Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 牛眼
    Hong Kong 龍眼
    Luchuan (Daqiao) 龍眼
    Chengdu (Hexingchang) 圓圓
    Weiyuan (Guanyingtan) 龍眼
    Yilong (Ma'an) 桂圓兒
    Xichang (Huanglianguan) 圓圓
    Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) 龍眼
    Senai (Huiyang) 龍眼
    Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 牛眼, 龍眼
    Singkawang 龍眼
    Bangkok (Meixian) 龍眼
    Bangkok (Fengshun) 牛眼
    Huizhou Jixi 桂圓
    Jin Taiyuan 桂圓, 龍眼
    Northern Min Jian'ou 龍眼
    Eastern Min Fuzhou 龍眼
    Fuzhou (Changle) 龍眼
    Fuqing 龍眼
    Yongtai 龍眼
    Gutian 龍眼
    Fu'an 龍眼
    Ningde 龍眼
    Shouning 寶圓
    Zhouning 寶圓
    Fuding 寶圓
    Matsu 龍眼
    Singapore (Fuqing) 寶圓
    Southern Min Xiamen 龍眼
    Quanzhou 龍眼
    Jinjiang 龍眼
    Shishi 龍眼
    Zhangzhou 龍眼
    Zhao'an 龍眼
    Dongshan 龍眼
    Taipei 龍眼
    New Taipei (Sanxia) 龍眼
    Kaohsiung 龍眼
    Yilan 龍眼
    Changhua (Lukang) 龍眼
    Taichung 龍眼
    Tainan 龍眼
    Hsinchu 龍眼
    Kinmen 龍眼
    Penghu (Magong) 龍眼
    Penang (Hokkien) 龍眼
    Singapore (Hokkien) 龍眼
    Manila (Hokkien) 龍眼
    Longyan 龍眼
    Zhangping (Yongfu) 龍眼
    Datian 龍眼
    Pingnan (Shangdu) 龍眼
    Chaozhou 肉眼
    Raoping 肉眼
    Shantou 肉眼
    Shantou (Chenghai) 肉眼
    Jieyang 肉眼
    Haifeng 肉眼
    Bangkok (Teochew) 肉眼
    Chiang Mai (Teochew) 肉眼
    Hat Yai (Teochew) 肉眼
    Johor Bahru (Teochew) 龍眼
    Pontianak (Teochew) 龍眼
    Wenchang 龍眼
    Haikou 龍眼
    Puxian Min Putian 龍眼
    Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) 龍眼
    Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) 龍眼
    Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) 龍眼
    Xianyou 龍眼
    Xianyou (Fengting) 龍眼
    Xianyou (Youyang) 龍眼
    Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 龍眼
    Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 龍眼
    Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 龍眼
    Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 龍眼
    Shehua Fu'an 龍眼
    Fuding 寶圓
    Luoyuan 龍眼
    Sanming 龍眼
    Shunchang 龍眼
    Hua'an 龍眼
    Guixi (Zhangping) 龍眼
    Cangnan 龍眼
    Jingning (Hexi) 龍眼
    Lishui 桂圓
    Longyou 桂圓
    Wu Shanghai 桂圓
    Shanghai (Chongming) 桂圓
    Suzhou 桂圓
    Danyang 泡圓, 桂圓
    Hangzhou 桂圓
    Ningbo 桂圓
    Wenzhou 圓眼, 魁圓
    Jinhua 桂圓
    Xiang Changsha 桂圓
    Loudi 泡圓, 桂圓
    Shuangfeng 桂圓, 泡圓
    Quanzhou 龍眼
    Xiangnan Tuhua Jiangyong 圓眼
    Yuebei Tuhua Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang) 龍眼
    Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang) 龍眼
    Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang) 龍眼
    Renhua (Zhoutian) 龍眼
    Renhua (Shitang) 龍耳仔
    Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou) 龍眼
    Lechang (Changlai) 龍眼
    Lechang (Beixiang) 龍眼
    Lechang (Huangpu) 龍眼
    Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi) 龍眼
    Lechang (Sanxi) 龍眼

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    Sino-Xenic (龍眼):

    Others:

    References

    Japanese

    Kanji in this term
    龍 眼
    りゅう
    Jinmeiyō     		がん
    Grade: 5
    on'yomi
    For pronunciation and definitions of 龍眼 – see the following entry.
    【竜眼りゅうがん】
    longan, Dimocarpus longan
    Alternative spelling
    リュウガン
    (This term, 龍眼, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

    Korean

    Hanja in this term
    龍眼

    Noun

    龍眼 • (yong'an) (hangeul 용안)

    1. hanja form? of 용안 (“longan”)

    Vietnamese

    chữ Hán Nôm in this term
    龍眼

    Noun

    龍眼

    1. chữ Hán form of long nhãn (“longan”).
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