九龍

See also: 九龙

Chinese

		nine	dragons
trad. (九龍)		九	龍
simp. (九龙)		九	龙

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiǔlóng, Jiǔlóng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄨㄥˊ, ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² lung⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiú-liùng
Min Nan (POJ): kiú-liông

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiǔlóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeoulong
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ lʊŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Jiǔlóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jeoulong
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ lʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gau² lung⁴
  - Yale: gáu lùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gau² lung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: geo² lung⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ lʊŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiú-liùng
  - Hakka Romanization System: giu` liungˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: giu³ liung²
  - IPA: /ki̯u³¹ li̯uŋ¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiú-liông
  - Tâi-lô: kiú-liông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kiwlioong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɔŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɔŋ²³/

Noun

九龍

(Chinese mythology) nine dragons that were able to control water resources to prevent flooding
(Chinese mythology) beast ridden by immortals
(literary, figuratively, laudatory) nine men from the same school or family

Derived terms

九龍壁／九龙壁
九龍山／九龙山 (Jiǔlóngshān)

九龍江／九龙江 (Jiǔlóng Jiāng)

Proper noun

九龍

Kowloon (an urban area in Hong Kong)
(～江) Jiulong River (river in southern Fujian)
(～縣) Jiulong County, Sichuan, China

Synonyms

(river): 北溪 (Běixī) (upper reaches, above the confluence with the Xixi); 龍江／龙江 (Lóngjiāng) (obsolete or historical)

Derived terms

九龍仔／九龙仔
九龍半島／九龙半岛 (Jiǔlóng Bàndǎo)
九龍城／九龙城 (Jiǔlóngchéng)

九龍塘／九龙塘 (Jiǔlóngtáng)
九龍灣／九龙湾

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (九龍):

→ Japanese: 九 (きゅう)龍 (りゅう) (Kyūryū)
→ Korean: 구룡 (九龍, Guryong)
→ Vietnamese: Cửu Long (九龍)

Others:

English: Kowloon
Japanese: 九龍 (クーロン) (Kūron), 九龍 (カウロン) (Kauron)
Korean: 주룽 (jurung)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
九	龍
きゅう Grade: 1	りゅう Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

From Chinese 九龍

Proper noun

九龍 (hiragana きゅうりゅう, rōmaji Kyūryū, historical hiragana きうりゆう)

Kowloon

See also

九竜

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
九	龍
かう Grade: 1	ろん Jinmeiyō
Irregular

Kanji in this term
九	龍
くー Grade: 1	ろん Jinmeiyō
Irregular

Borrowed from Cantonese 九龍 (gau² lung⁴)

Proper noun

九龍 (katakana クーロン, rōmaji Kūron, alternative reading カウロン, rōmaji Kauron)

Kowloon

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