隆隆

Chinese

		grand; intense; prosperous grand; intense; prosperous; start (a fire); sound of drums	grand; intense; prosperous grand; intense; prosperous; start (a fire); sound of drums
simp. and trad. (隆隆)		隆	隆
alternative forms		靇靇

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lónglóng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁴ lung⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lónglóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lónglóng
  - Wade–Giles: lung²-lung²
  - Yale: lúng-lúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: longlong
  - Palladius: лунлун (lunlun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lung⁴ lung⁴
  - Yale: lùhng lùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁴ lung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lung⁴ lung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹ lʊŋ²¹/

Middle Chinese: ljuwng ljuwng

Rime
Character	隆
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	東 (2)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力中切
Baxter	ljuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/liuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/liuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/luwŋ/
Li Rong	/liuŋ/
Wang Li	/lĭuŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯uŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lung⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]uŋ [r]uŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·ruːŋ ɡ·ruːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	隆
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lóng
Middle Chinese	‹ ljuwng ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]uŋ/
English	sound of thunder
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	隆
Reading #	1/1
No.	6286
Phonetic component	夅
Rime group	終
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	隆
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·ruːŋ/

Adjective

隆隆

(onomatopoeia, of thunder, machines, guns, etc.) rumbling

Derived terms

隆隆聲 / 隆隆声

Japanese

Kanji in this term
隆	隆
りゅう Grade: S	りゅう Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 隆隆 – see the following entry.

【隆々りゅうりゅう】

[adjective] prosperous

[adjective] brawny, muscular

(This term, 隆隆, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)