土龍
See also: 土龙
Chinese
earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian |
dragon; imperial; surname | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (土龍) | 土 | 龍 | |
| simp. (土龙) | 土 | 龙 | |
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: tǔlóng
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tǔlóng
- Wade–Giles: tʻu3-lung2
- Yale: tǔ-lúng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuulong
- Palladius: тулун (tulun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ lʊŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thú-liùng
- Hakka Romanization System: tuˋ liungˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: tu3 liung2
- Sinological IPA: /tʰu³¹ li̯uŋ¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Middle Chinese: thuX ljowng
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*tʰˤaʔ [mə]-roŋ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰaːʔ b·roŋ/
Noun
土龍
- dragon made of clay (used in ancient times for rain prayers)
- 聖人者,隨時而舉事,因資而立功,涔則具擢對,旱則修土龍。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Huainanzi, 2nd century BCE
- Shèngrén zhě, suíshí ér jǔshì, yīnzī ér lìgōng, cén zé jù zhuóduì, hàn zé xiū tǔlóng. [Pinyin]
- A sage seizes advantageous situations and accomplish great achievements by relying on reliable conditions: when it rains relentlessly, he will prepare containers to store the rain water, and when there is a drought, he will make an earthen dragon.
圣人者,随时而举事,因资而立功,涔则具擢对,旱则修土龙。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- synonym of 蚯蚓 (qiūyǐn, “earthworm”)
- synonym of 鼉 / 鼍 (tuó, “Chinese alligator”)
- (Sixian Hakka, euphemistic) snake
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 蛇 (“snake”) [map]
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 土龍 – see 塗龍 (“snake eel”). (This term is a variant form of 塗龍). |
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
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| 土 | 龍 |
| もぐら | |
| Grade: 1 | Jinmeiyō |
| jukujikun | |
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 土 | 龍 |
| もぐらもち | |
| Grade: 1 | Jinmeiyō |
| jukujikun | |
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 土 | 龍 |
| むぐら | |
| Grade: 1 | Jinmeiyō |
| jukujikun | |
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 土 | 龍 |
| むぐらもち | |
| Grade: 1 | Jinmeiyō |
| jukujikun | |
| Kanji in this term | |
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| 土 | 龍 |
| うぐらもち | |
| Grade: 1 | Jinmeiyō |
| jukujikun | |
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 土 | 龍 |
| うぐろもち | |
| Grade: 1 | Jinmeiyō |
| jukujikun | |
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 土 | 龍 |
| うごろもち | |
| Grade: 1 | Jinmeiyō |
| jukujikun | |
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 土 | 龍 |
| ど Grade: 1 |
りゅう Jinmeiyō |
| on'yomi | |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 土龍 – see the following entry. | ||||||||||||||||
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| (This term, 土龍, is the kyūjitai of the above term.) |