龍王

See also: 龙王

Chinese

		dragon; imperial; surname	king; Wang (proper name)
trad. (龍王)		龍	王
simp. (龙王)		龙	王

Etymology

(Ryūō): Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 竜王町.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Lóngwáng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄨㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁴ wong⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Liùng-vòng
Eastern Min (BUC): Lṳ̀ng-uòng
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Lêng-ông / Liông-ông / Lêng-n̂g

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Lóngwáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄨㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Lóngwáng
  - Wade–Giles: Lung²-wang²
  - Yale: Lúng-wáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Longwang
  - Palladius: Лунван (Lunvan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵ wɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lung⁴ wong⁴
  - Yale: lùhng wòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁴ wong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lung⁴ wong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹ wɔːŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Liùng-vòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: liung^ˇ vong^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: liung² vong²
  - Sinological IPA: /li̯uŋ¹¹ voŋ¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Lṳ̀ng-uòng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃yŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^(Ø-)ŋuoŋ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lêng-ông
  - Tâi-lô: Lîng-ông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: leng'oong
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ ɔŋ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Liông-ông
  - Tâi-lô: Liông-ông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liong'oong
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɔŋ¹³⁻²² ɔŋ¹³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lêng-n̂g
  - Tâi-lô: Lîng-n̂g
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lengngg
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ ŋ̍²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋ̍²⁴/

Proper noun

龍王

(Chinese mythology) Dragon King (the god of water and weather)
(～鎮) Longwang (a town in Xiangzhou district, Xiangyang, Hubei, China)
(～町) Ryūō (a town in Shiga Prefecture, Japan)

Derived terms

龍王埡 / 龙王垭 (Lóngwángyà)
龍王廟 / 龙王庙 (lóngwángmiào)
龍王臺 / 龙王台 (Lóngwángtái)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (龍王):

→ Japanese: 竜王(りゅうおう) (ryūō)
→ Korean: 룡왕(龍王) (ryong'wang), 용왕(龍王) (yong'wang)
→ Vietnamese: long vương (龍王)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
龍	王
りゅう Jinmeiyō	おう Grade: 1
on'yomi

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

【竜王りゅうおう】

[noun] (mythology) a dragon king, especially in esoteric Buddhist contexts

[noun] (shogi) a promoted 飛車 (hisha, “flying chariot”), having a move corresponding to both rook and king in Western chess

[noun] (shogi) one of the eight major titles of professional shogi, conferred to the winner of a 竜王戦 (ryūō-sen, “dragon king match”)

[proper noun] a placename, especially of a town in the district of either Nakakoma in central Yamanashi prefecture or Gamō in south Shiga prefecture

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