龍鬚
Chinese
| dragon; imperial; surname | beard; moustache | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (龍鬚) | 龍 | 鬚 | |
| simp. (龙须) | 龙 | 须 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: lóngxū
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄩ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lóngsyu
- Wade–Giles: lung2-hsü1
- Yale: lúng-syū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: longshiu
- Palladius: лунсюй (lunsjuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lʊŋ³⁵ ɕy⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lung4 sou1
- Yale: lùhng sōu
- Cantonese Pinyin: lung4 sou1
- Guangdong Romanization: lung4 sou1
- Sinological IPA (key): /lʊŋ²¹ sou̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-chhiu
- Tâi-lô: lîng-tshiu
- Phofsit Daibuun: lengchiw
- IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu³³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liông-chhiu
- Tâi-lô: liông-tshiu
- Phofsit Daibuun: liongchiw
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɔŋ¹³⁻²² t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
- Middle Chinese: ljowng sju
Noun
龍鬚
- (literally) dragon's beard
- (figurative) something long and thin, resembling dragon's beard
- (figurative, literary, historical) beard of emperors
- (Southern Min) cloth pulled on a coffin during a funeral procession
- short for 龍鬚草／龙须草 (“Chinese alpine rush; sabaigrass”)
- short for 龍鬚席／龙须席 (“mat made from sabaigrass”)
Synonyms
- (alpine rush): (Xinzhou Jin) 龍幾／龙几