天龍人

See also: 天龙人

Chinese

		dragon of the sky; heavenly dragon, celestial dragon	man; person; people
trad. (天龍人)		天龍	人
simp. (天龙人)		天龙	人
Literally: “heaven dragon folk”.

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 天竜人(てんりゅうびと) (tenryūbito), the arrogant ruling elites in the story in the Japanese manga One Piece.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānlóngrén

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānlóngrén
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianlóngrén
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-lung²-jên²
    • Yale: tyān-lúng-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianlongren
    • Palladius: тяньлунжэнь (tjanʹlunžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ lʊŋ³⁵ ʐən³⁵/

Noun

天龍人

1. (Taiwan, Internet slang, ironic) one who resides in Taipei; high-class Taipei residents

   • 有天龍人驚世發言「台北才是人住的」讓網友全傻眼。 [MSC, trad.]
     有天龙人惊世发言「台北才是人住的」让网友全傻眼。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2020 January 16, 聯合新聞網, 「台北才是人住的」 天龍人驚世發言讓網友全傻眼

     Yǒu tiānlóngrén jīngshì fāyán “táiběi cái shì rén zhù de” ràng wǎngyǒu quán shǎyǎn. [Pinyin]

     A Taipei resident made an astounding statement that "Taipei is the only place that human can live" shocked all of netizens.

2. (Taiwan, Internet slang, ironic) snobby arrogant elites

   • 鄉民們講到天龍人標準印象就是高高在上 [MSC, trad.]
     乡民们讲到天龙人标准印象就是高高在上 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2017 December 13, 松音, 【動漫物語】那些天龍人的故事：航海王的特權階級與仇恨

     xiāngmín men jiǎngdào tiānlóngrén biāozhǔn yìnxiàng jiùshì gāogāozàishàng [Pinyin]

     A criterion image of arrogant elites for netizens is seeing themselves high above the masses.

Related terms

• 天龍國／天龙国 (Tiānlóngguó)