長龍

Chinese

		long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop	dragon; imperial; surname
trad. (長龍)		長	龍
simp. (长龙)		长	龙
Literally: “long dragon”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chánglóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng⁴ lung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chánglóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chánglóng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻang²-lung²
    • Yale: cháng-lúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: charnglong
    • Palladius: чанлун (čanlun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: coeng⁴ lung⁴
    • Yale: chèuhng lùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng⁴ lung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêng⁴ lung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ lʊŋ²¹/

Noun

長龍

1. (figurative) long queue (of people, cars, etc.)

   街上排起了長龍。 [MSC, trad.]
   街上排起了长龙。 [MSC, simp.]

   Jiē shàng pái qǐ le chánglóng. [Pinyin]

   There is a long line of cars on the street.

Derived terms

• 大排長龍／大排长龙 (dàpáichánglóng)
• 排長龍／排长龙 (pái chánglóng)

 

Proper noun

長龍

1. (～鎮, formerly ～鄉) Changlong (a town in Lianjiang, Fuzhou, Fujian, China, formerly a township)