恐龍
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Chinese
| afraid; frightened; to fear | dragon; imperial; surname | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (恐龍) | 恐 | 龍 | |
| simp. (恐龙) | 恐 | 龙 | |
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 恐竜 (kyōryū) (Huang, 2020), a calque of translingual Dinosaurus.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): hung2 lung4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiúng-liùng
- Eastern Min (BUC): kṳ̄ng-lṳ̀ng
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): khióng-liông / khóng-liông
- (Teochew, Peng'im): kiong2 lêng5
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5khon-lon
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: kǒnglóng
- Wade–Giles: kʻung3-lung2
- Yale: kǔng-lúng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koonglong
- Palladius: кунлун (kunlun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ lʊŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hung2 lung4
- Yale: húng lùhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: hung2 lung4
- Guangdong Romanization: hung2 lung4
- Sinological IPA (key): /hʊŋ³⁵ lʊŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiúng-liùng
- Hakka Romanization System: kiungˋ liungˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: kiung3 liung2
- Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯uŋ³¹ li̯uŋ¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: kṳ̄ng-lṳ̀ng
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰyŋ³³⁻²¹ (l-)nˡyŋ⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khióng-liông
- Tâi-lô: khióng-liông
- Phofsit Daibuun: qiofnglioong
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɔŋ²³/
- IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kʰiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khóng-liông
- Tâi-lô: khóng-liông
- Phofsit Daibuun: qofnglioong
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɔŋ²³/
- IPA (Taipei): /kʰɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɔŋ²⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: kiong2 lêng5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khióng lêng
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰioŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ leŋ⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
- Wu
Noun
恐龍
- dinosaur (animal of the clade Dinosauria) (Classifier: 頭／头 m; 隻／只 m c)
- (slang, offensive, dated) very ugly woman
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Zhuang: gungjlungz
See also
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 恐 | 龍 |
| きょう Grade: S |
りゅう Jinmeiyō |
| on'yomi | |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 恐龍 – see the following entry. | ||
| ||
| (This term, 恐龍, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) |
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 恐 | 龍 |
Noun
恐龍 • (gongnyong or McCune-Reischauer: kongnyong or Yale: kōnglyong) (hangeul 공룡)
Vietnamese
| chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
|---|---|
| 恐 | 龍 |
Noun
恐龍
- chữ Hán form of khủng long (“dinosaur”).