土龍

See also: 土龙

Chinese

		earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian	dragon; imperial; surname
trad. (土龍)		土	龍
simp. (土龙)		土	龙

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǔlóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˇ ㄌㄨㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tǔlóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tǔlóng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu³-lung²
    • Yale: tǔ-lúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuulong
    • Palladius: тулун (tulun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ lʊŋ³⁵/

Noun

土龍

1. dragon made of soil (used in ancient times for rain prayers)
2. Synonym of 蚯蚓 (qiūyǐn, “earthworm”)
3. Synonym of 鼉／鼍 (tuó, “Chinese alligator”)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 土龍 – see 塗龍 (“snake eel”). (This term is a variant form of 塗龍).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
土	龍
Grade: 1	Jinmeiyō

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

【土竜もぐら】 [noun] a mole (burrowing insectivore) Alternative spellings 鼹鼠, 鼴, モグラ 【土竜もぐらもち】 [noun] a mole (burrowing insectivore) Alternative spelling 鼹鼠 【土竜むぐら】 [noun] (rare, possibly obsolete) a mole (burrowing insectivore) Alternative spelling 鼹鼠 【土竜むぐらもち】 [noun] (rare, possibly obsolete) a mole (burrowing insectivore) Alternative spelling 鼹鼠 【土竜うぐらもち】 [noun] (rare, possibly obsolete) a mole (burrowing insectivore) 【土竜うぐろもち】 [noun] (rare, possibly obsolete) a mole (burrowing insectivore) Alternative spellings 墳, 鼹鼠 【土竜うごろもち】 [noun] (obsolete) a mole (burrowing insectivore) Alternative spelling 鼹鼠 【土竜どりゅう】 [noun] (rare) a mole (burrowing insectivore) [noun] (rare) an earthworm (worm (animal)) [noun] (figurative) an outstanding horse; an excellent horse; a famous horse (by metaphor from the meaning of the kanji)

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