九龍

See also: 九龙

Chinese

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

Etymology

"Kowloon": Attested in 粵大記 [1595] as 九龍山／九龙山 (Jiǔlóngshān), situated between 尖沙嘴 and 官富巡司.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiǔlóng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² lung⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kiú-liùng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kiú-liông

(Teochew, Peng'im): giu² lêng⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵cieu-lon

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): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gau² lung⁴
  - Yale: gáu lùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gau² lung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: geo² lung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ lʊŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiú-liùng
  - Hakka Romanization System: giu^ˋ liung^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: giu³ liung²
  - Sinological IPA: /ki̯u³¹ li̯uŋ¹¹/
Southern Min
- (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
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵cieu-lon
  - MiniDict: cieu^去 lon
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²jieu-lon
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiɤ³³ loŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

九龍

(Chinese mythology) nine dragons that were able to control water resources to prevent flooding
(Chinese mythology) beast ridden by immortals
(literary, figurative, 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

Kowloon (an urban area of Hong Kong)
(～江) Jiulong River (a river in southern Fujian)
(～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

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)
港九 (Gǎng-Jiǔ)

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)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
九	龍
きゅう Grade: 1	りゅう Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 九龍 / 九龙 (jiǔlóng).

Proper noun

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

Kowloon

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 / 九龙 (gau² lung⁴).

Proper noun

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

Kowloon