土龍

See also: 土龙

Chinese

earth; dust; rural
earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
 
dragon; imperial; surname
trad. (土龍)
simp. (土龙)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial () (6) (37)
Final () (23) (7)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter thuX ljowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/tʰuoX/ /lɨoŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/tʰuoX/ /lioŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/tʰoX/ /lioŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/tʰɔX/ /luawŋ/
Li
Rong
/tʰoX/ /lioŋ/
Wang
Li
/tʰuX/ /lĭwoŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/tʰuoX/ /li̯woŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
lóng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
tou2 lung4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
lóng
Middle
Chinese
‹ thuX › ‹ ljowng ›
Old
Chinese
/*tʰˁaʔ/ /*[mə]-roŋ/
English earth dragon

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/2
No. 12499 8436
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*l̥ʰaːʔ/ /*b·roŋ/

Noun

土龍

  1. dragon made of clay (used in ancient times for rain prayers)
  2. synonym of 蚯蚓 (qiūyǐn, earthworm)
  3. synonym of  / (tuó, Chinese alligator)
  4. (Sixian Hakka, euphemistic) snake
Synonyms

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 塗龍 (“snake eel”).
(This term is a variant form of 塗龍).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
もぐら
Grade: 1 Jinmeiyō
jukujikun
Kanji in this term
もぐらもち
Grade: 1 Jinmeiyō
jukujikun
Kanji in this term
むぐら
Grade: 1 Jinmeiyō
jukujikun
Kanji in this term
むぐらもち
Grade: 1 Jinmeiyō
jukujikun
Kanji in this term
うぐらもち
Grade: 1 Jinmeiyō
jukujikun
Kanji in this term
うぐろもち
Grade: 1 Jinmeiyō
jukujikun
Kanji in this term
うごろもち
Grade: 1 Jinmeiyō
jukujikun
Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
りゅう
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 土龍 – see the following entry.
土竜もぐら
[noun] a mole (burrowing insectivore)
Alternative spellings
鼹鼠, , モグラ
土竜もぐらもち
[noun] a mole (burrowing insectivore)
Alternative spelling
鼹鼠
土竜むぐら
[noun] (rare, possibly obsolete) a mole (burrowing insectivore)
Alternative spellings
鼹鼠,
土竜むぐらもち
[noun] (rare, possibly obsolete) a mole (burrowing insectivore)
Alternative spelling
鼹鼠
土竜うぐらもち
[noun] (rare, possibly obsolete) a mole (burrowing insectivore)
土竜うぐろもち
[noun] (rare, possibly obsolete) a mole (burrowing insectivore)
Alternative spellings
, 鼹鼠
土竜うごろもち
[noun] (obsolete) a mole (burrowing insectivore)
Alternative spelling
鼹鼠
土竜どりゅう
[noun] (rare) a mole (burrowing insectivore)
[noun] (rare) an earthworm (worm (animal))
[noun] (figurative) an outstanding horse; an excellent horse; a famous horse (by metaphor from the meaning of the kanji)
(This term, 土龍, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)