青龍

See also: 青竜, 靑龍, and 青龙

Chinese

		verdant grue (green/blue/black)	dragon(s)
trad. (青龍)		青	龍
simp. (青龙)		青	龙

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qīnglóng

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥㄌㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cing¹ lung⁴
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): cing¹ loeng² / cing¹ lyoeng²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chheng-liông

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qīnglóng
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥㄌㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cinglóng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻing¹-lung²
  - Yale: chīng-lúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chinglong
  - Palladius: цинлун (cinlun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cing¹ lung⁴
  - Yale: chīng lùhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsing¹ lung⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: qing¹ lung⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ lʊŋ²¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: cing¹ loeng² [Phonetic: cing⁵ loeng²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ching-lé̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ lœŋ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: cing¹ lyoeng² [Phonetic: cing⁵ lyoeng²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ lyøŋ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheng-liông
  - Tâi-lô: tshing-liông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhenglioong
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ liɔŋ²³/

Proper noun

青龍

(Chinese mythology) Azure Dragon (one of the Four symbols of the Chinese constellations)
Synonym: 蒼龍 / 苍龙 (cānglóng)
(Chinese mythology) Green Dragon (guardian spirit of the east)
Synonym: 藍龍 / 蓝龙
(～滿族自治縣) Qinglong (a Manchu autonomous county of Qinhuangdao, Hebei, China)
(～鎮) Qinglong (a town in Fengjie, Chongqing, China)
(～鎮) Qinglong (a former town in Jiangsu, China)
(～江) Qinglong (a river in Zhejiang, China), an alternative name of the lower Ao (鰲江/鳌江)
(～山) Qinglong Hill (a hill in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (青龍):

→ Japanese: 青(せい)竜(りゅう) (seiryū)
→ Korean: 청룡(青龍) (cheongnyong)
→ Vietnamese: Thanh Long (青龍)

Noun

青龍

(figurative, slang) man without pubic hair

Derived terms

青浦 (Qīngpǔ)
青龍偃月刀 / 青龙偃月刀 (Qīnglóng Yǎnyuèdāo)
青龍庵 / 青龙庵 (Qīnglóng'ān)
青龍頭上 / 青龙头上
龍江 / 龙江 (Lóngjiāng)
龍港 / 龙港 (Lónggǎng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
青	龍
せい Grade: 1	りゅう Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Noun

青(せい)龍(りゅう) • (seiryū)

(shogi) blue dragon, a piece in dai dai shogi, tai shogi and taikyoku shogi

Proper noun

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

【青竜せいりゅう】	[proper noun] Azure Dragon, one of the Four Symbols in the Chinese constellations
【青竜せいりょう】	[proper noun] Azure Dragon
【青竜しょうりゅう】	[proper noun] Azure Dragon

(This term, 青龍, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
青	龍

Proper noun

青龍 • (Cheongnyong) (hangeul 청룡)

alternative form of 靑龍 (hanja form^? of 청룡 (“Azure Dragon, one of the Four symbols of the Chinese constellations”) )

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
青	龍

Noun

青龍

chữ Hán form of thanh long (“dragon fruit, pitaya”)

Proper noun

青龍

chữ Hán form of Thanh Long (“Azure Dragon, one of the Four symbols of the Chinese constellations”)