龍口

Chinese

		dragon; imperial; surname	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
trad. (龍口)		龍	口
simp. (龙口)		龙	口

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Lóngkǒu

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄎㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁴ hau²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Lóngkǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄎㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Lóngkǒu
  - Wade–Giles: Lung²-kʻou³
  - Yale: Lúng-kǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Longkoou
  - Palladius: Лункоу (Lunkou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lung⁴ hau²
  - Yale: lùhng háu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁴ hau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: lung⁴ heo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹ hɐu̯³⁵/

Proper noun

龍口

(～市) Longkou (a county-level city of Yantai, Shandong, China)
(～鎮) Longkou (a town in Honghu, Jingzhou, Hubei, China)
(～村) Longkou (a village in Xinhua, Shennongjia, Hubei, China)

Etymology 2

Possibly derived from the use of 龍／龙 (lung4) to refer to money in triad jargon (Bolton and Hutton, 2005).

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁴ hau²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lung⁴ hau²
  - Yale: lùhng háu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁴ hau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: lung⁴ heo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹ hɐu̯³⁵/

Noun

龍口

(Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) pocket