九龍

九龍

See also: 九龙

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǔlóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² lung⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiú-liùng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): kiú-liông

  (Teochew, Peng'im): giu² lêng⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): jieu lon (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǔlóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒulóng
    • Wade–Giles: chiu³-lung²
    • Yale: jyǒu-lúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeoulong
    • Palladius: цзюлун (czjulun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ lʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gau² lung⁴
    • Yale: gáu lùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gau² lung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: geo² lung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ lʊŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiú-liùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: giu` liungˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giu³ liung²
    • Sinological 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/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: giu² lêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kiú lêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiu⁵²⁻³⁵ leŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: jieu lon (T2)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiɜ³³ lʊŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

九龍

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

Derived terms

九龍坡／九龙坡 (Jiǔlóngpō) 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

1. Kowloon (an urban area of Hong Kong)
2. (～江) Jiulong River (a river in southern Fujian)
3. (～縣) Jiulong (a county of Garzê prefecture, Sichuan)

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

港九 (Gǎng-Jiǔ) 九龍仔／九龙仔 (Jiǔlóngzǎi) 九龍半島／九龙半岛 (Jiǔlóng Bàndǎo) 九龍城／九龙城 (Jiǔlóngchéng)

九龍城寨／九龙城寨 (Jiǔlóngchéngzhài) 九龍塘／九龙塘 (Jiǔlóngtáng) 九龍寨城／九龙寨城 (Jiǔlóngzhàichéng) 九龍灣／九龙湾 (Jiǔlóngwān)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (九龍):

• → Japanese: 九龍(きゅうりゅう) (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)

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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(きゅう)龍(りゅう) • (Kyūryū) ^{←きうりゆう (kiuryū)?}

1. 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(クーロン) or 九龍(カウロン) • (Kūron or Kauron) 

1. Kowloon