臥龍崗

Chinese

		crouching dragon; Zhuge Liang	mound; policeman's beat
trad. (臥龍崗)		臥龍	崗
simp. (卧龙岗)		卧龙	岗
alternative forms		臥龍岡／卧龙冈 archaic
Literally: “Hillock of the Crouching Dragon”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wòlónggǎng, Wòlónggāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄤˇ, ㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngo⁶ lung⁴ gong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wòlónggǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wòlónggǎng
    • Wade–Giles: Wo⁴-lung²-kang³
    • Yale: Wò-lúng-gǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wohlonggaang
    • Palladius: Волунган (Volungan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ⁵¹ lʊŋ³⁵ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wòlónggāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˋ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Wòlónggang
    • Wade–Giles: Wo⁴-lung²-kang¹
    • Yale: Wò-lúng-gāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Wohlonggang
    • Palladius: Волунган (Volungan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔ⁵¹ lʊŋ³⁵ kɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngo⁶ lung⁴ gong¹
    • Yale: ngoh lùhng gōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngo⁶ lung⁴ gong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngo⁶ lung⁴ gong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɔː²² lʊŋ²¹ kɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Etymology 1

Proper noun

臥龍崗

1. Wolong Gang (place in Henan province of China where the sage Zhuge Liang lived)

Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of English Wollongong.

Proper noun

臥龍崗

1. (～市) Wollongong (a city in New South Wales, Australia)

   臥龍崗大學／卧龙岗大学  ―  Wòlónggǎng Dàxué  ―  University of Wollongong