過江龍

Chinese

		to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too-	river	dragon; imperial; surname
trad. (過江龍)		過	江	龍
simp. (过江龙)		过	江	龙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guòjiānglóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄤ ㄌㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo³ gong¹ lung⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kè-kang-lêng / kòe-kang-liông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guòjiānglóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄤ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guòjianglóng
    • Wade–Giles: kuo⁴-chiang¹-lung²
    • Yale: gwò-jyāng-lúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guohjianglong
    • Palladius: гоцзянлун (goczjanlun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwo³ gong¹ lung⁴
    • Yale: gwo gōng lùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwo³ gong¹ lung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: guo³ gong¹ lung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔː³³ kɔːŋ⁵⁵ lʊŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kè-kang-lêng
    • Tâi-lô: kè-kang-lîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kea'kangleeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ke²¹⁻⁵³ kaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liɪŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kòe-kang-liông
    • Tâi-lô: kuè-kang-liông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koea'kanglioong
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kue²¹⁻⁵³ kaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² liɔŋ¹³/

Noun

過江龍

1. talents or enterprises from abroad (Classifier: 條／条)
2. (Cantonese) jump-starter; jumper cable (Classifier: 條／条)
3. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) water spinach grown in paddy fields and ponds

Synonyms

• (water spinach): 水蕹菜 (shuǐwèngcài)

References

• 周长楫 [Zhou, Changji], editor (2006), “过江龙”, in 闽南方言大词典 MINNAN FANGYAN DA CIDIAN [Dictionary of Southern Min dialects] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Fuzhou: 福建人民出版社 [Fujian People's Publishing House], →ISBN, page 174.