龍茗

Chinese

		dragon; imperial; surname	Camellia sinensis; young leaves of tea
trad. (龍茗)		龍	茗
simp. (龙茗)		龙	茗

Etymology

Coined in 1916 with the creation of 龍茗縣 (“Longming county”) from the merger of the three tusi of 龍英土州, 全茗土州 and 茗盈土州.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Lóngmíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Lóngmíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Lóngmíng
    • Wade–Giles: Lung²-ming²
    • Yale: Lúng-míng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Longming
    • Palladius: Лунмин (Lunmin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵ miŋ³⁵/

Proper noun

龍茗

1. (～鎮) Longming (a town in Tiandeng, Chongzuo, Guangxi, China)
2. (～縣) (historical) Longming (a former county of Guangxi, China; now Tiandeng)