龍骨

龍骨

See also: 龙骨

Chinese

		dragon; imperial; surname	bone
trad. (龍骨)		龍	骨
simp. (龙骨)		龙	骨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lónggǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁴ gwat¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): liùng-kut
• Min Nan (POJ): lêng-kut / liông-kut

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lónggǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: longguu
    • IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lung⁴ gwat¹
    • Yale: lùhng gwāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁴ gwat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: lung⁴ gued¹
    • IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹ kʷɐt̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liùng-kut
    • Hakka Romanization System: liungˇ gud`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: liung² gud⁵
    • IPA: /li̯uŋ¹¹ kut̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-kut
    • Tâi-lô: lîng-kut
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lengkud
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kut̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kut̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² kut̚⁵/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ kut̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liông-kut
    • Tâi-lô: liông-kut
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liongkud
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ kut̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɔŋ¹³⁻²² kut̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɔŋ²³⁻³³ kut̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: /lɨoŋ  kuət̚/▼

Rime
Character	龍	骨
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)	沒 (56)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	力鍾切	古忽切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨoŋ/	/kuət̚/
Pan Wuyun	/lioŋ/	/kuot̚/
Shao Rongfen	/lioŋ/	/kuət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/luawŋ/	/kwət̚/
Li Rong	/lioŋ/	/kuət̚/
Wang Li	/lĭwoŋ/	/kuət̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯woŋ/	/kuət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lóng	gu

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*b·roŋ  kuːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	龍	骨
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.	8436	4321
Phonetic component	龍	骨
Rime group	東	物
Rime subdivision	0	2
Corresponding MC rime	龍	骨
Old Chinese	/*b·roŋ/	/*kuːd/
Notes		冎亦聲

Noun

龍骨

1. keel (beam along the underside of a ship’s hull)
2. dragon bones, which are actually fossils (ancient bones used in traditional Chinese medicine)
3. breastbone (of a bird)
4. spareribs; pork bones
5. thin trunk
6. jujube
7. water wheel
8. mainstay
9. stone embankment
10. carpus
11. fine horse
12. structure used to bear the weight
13. (Hakka, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) vertebra

Synonyms

• (vertebra): 脊椎骨 (jǐzhuīgǔ), 脊椎 (jǐzhuī), 椎骨 (zhuīgǔ); (Min Nan) 龍楞骨／龙楞骨, 胛脊骨, 透龍骨／透龙骨, 巴脊骨

Derived terms

龍骨坡／龙骨坡 (Lónggǔpō)