魚龍
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Chinese
[edit]fish | dragon; imperial; surname | ||
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trad. (魚龍) | 魚 | 龍 | |
simp. (鱼龙) | 鱼 | 龙 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yúlóng
- Wade–Giles: yü2-lung2
- Yale: yú-lúng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yulong
- Palladius: юйлун (jujlun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /y³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jyu4 lung4
- Yale: yùh lùhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: jy4 lung4
- Guangdong Romanization: yu4 lung4
- Sinological IPA (key): /jyː²¹ lʊŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: ngjo ljowng
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r.ŋ]a [mə]-roŋ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ŋa b·roŋ/
Noun
[edit]魚龍
- (paleontology) ichthyosaur
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 魚/鱼 (yú), 龍/龙 (lóng).
- (poetic) aquatic creatures; fishes
- 魚龍瀺灂,山鳥群飛。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: c. 3rd century, Ji Kang (嵇康), Poems Presented to My Elder Brother the Cultivated Talent on His Entry into the Army (《贈兄秀才入軍詩》). Translated by Stephen Owen and Wendy Swartz.
- Yúlóng chánzhuó, shānniǎo qúnfēi. [Pinyin]
- Scaled fish swish softly in the water;
Mountain birds fly in flocks.
鱼龙瀺灂,山鸟群飞。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- 水月通禪寂,魚龍聽梵聲。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: c. 8th century, Qian Qi (錢起), Farewell to a Japanese Buddhist Priest Bound Homeward (《送僧歸日本》), translated by Witter Bynner.
- Shuǐyuè tōng chánjì, yúlóng tīng fànshēng. [Pinyin]
- The water and the moon are as calm as your faith,
Fishes and dragons follow your chanting.
水月通禅寂,鱼龙听梵声。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (poetic) aquatic creatures; fishes
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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魚 | 龍 |
ぎょ Grade: 2 |
りゅう Jinmeiyō |
on'yomi |
For pronunciation and definitions of 魚龍 – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, 魚龍, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) |
Korean
[edit]Hanja in this term | |
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魚 | 龍 |
Noun
[edit]魚龍 • (eoryong or McCune-Reischauer: ŏryong or Yale: elyong) (hangeul 어룡)
- hanja form? of 어룡 (“ichthyosaur”)
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