恐龍

See also: 恐竜 and 恐龙

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(きょうりゅう) (kyōryū) (Huang, 2020), a calque of New Latin Dinosaurus.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǒnglóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄌㄨㄥˊ

• 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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǒnglóng
    • 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/
• 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/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiúng-liùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: kiung^ˋ liung^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kiung³ liung²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯uŋ³¹ li̯uŋ¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kṳ̄ng-lṳ̀ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyŋ³³⁻²¹ ^(l-)nˡyŋ⁵³/
• 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/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵khon-lon
    • MiniDict: khon^去 lon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²khon-lon
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰoŋ³³ loŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

恐龍

1. dinosaur (animal of the clade Dinosauria) [from 1910s] (Classifier: 頭／头 m; 隻／只 m c)
2. (slang, offensive, dated) very ugly woman

Derived terms

• 恐龍妹／恐龙妹 (kǒnglóngmèi)
• 恐龍蛋／恐龙蛋

 

Descendants

• → Zhuang: gungjlungz

See also

• 翼龍／翼龙 (yìlóng)
• 魚龍／鱼龙 (yúlóng)

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.

【恐竜きょうりゅう】 [noun] a dinosaur (animal of the clade Dinosauria)

(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)

1. hanja form^? of 공룡 (“dinosaur”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
恐	龍

Noun

恐龍

1. chữ Hán form of khủng long (“dinosaur”).