恐龍

恐龍

See also: 恐竜 and 恐龙

Chinese

		afraid; frightened; to fear	dragon; imperial; surname
trad. (恐龍)		恐	龍
simp. (恐龙)		恐	龙

Etymology

(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 恐 (きょう)竜 (りゅう) (kyōryū, “dinosaur”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǒnglóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄌㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung² lung⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiúng-liùng
• Min Dong (BUC): kṳ̄ng-lṳ̀ng
• Min Nan (POJ): khióng-liông
• Wu (Wiktionary): khon lon (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kǒnglóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: koonglong
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ lʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung² lung⁴
    • Yale: húng lùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung² lung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung² lung⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ³⁵ lʊŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiúng-liùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: kiung` liungˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kiung³ liung²
    • IPA: /kʰi̯uŋ³¹ li̯uŋ¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kṳ̄ng-lṳ̀ng
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰyŋ³³⁻²¹ ^(l-)nˡyŋ⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khióng-liông
    • Tâi-lô: khióng-liông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiofnglioong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ liɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɔŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ liɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰiɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ liɔŋ²³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: khon lon (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ³³ lʊŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

恐龍

1. dinosaur (animal of the clade Dinosauria) (Classifier: 頭／头; 隻／只)
2. (slang, offensive, dated) very ugly woman

Derived terms

恐龍妹／恐龙妹 (kǒnglóngmèi)

恐龍蛋／恐龙蛋

See also

• 翼龍／翼龙 (yìlóng)
• 魚龍／鱼龙 (yúlóng)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
恐	龍
きょう Grade: S	りゅう Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Noun

恐龍 (kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai kanji 恐竜, hiragana きょうりゅう, rōmaji kyōryū)

1. Kyūjitai form of 恐竜 (“dinosaur”)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
恐	龍

Noun

恐龍 • (gongnyong, McCune-Reischauer: kongnyong, Yale: kōnglyong) (hangeul 공룡)

1. Hanja form^? of 공룡 (“dinosaur”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
恐	龍

Noun

恐龍

1. Hán tự form of khủng long (“dinosaur”).