恐龍
Chinese edit
afraid; frightened; to fear | dragon; imperial; surname | ||
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trad. (恐龍) | 恐 | 龍 | |
simp. (恐龙) | 恐 | 龙 |
Etymology edit
Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 恐竜 (kyōryū) (Huang, 2020), a calque of New Latin Dinosaurus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
恐龍
- dinosaur (animal of the clade Dinosauria) [from 1910s] (Classifier: 頭/头 m; 隻/只 m c)
- (slang, offensive, dated) very ugly woman
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Zhuang: gungjlungz
See also edit
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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恐 | 龍 |
きょう Grade: S |
りゅう Jinmeiyō |
on’yomi |
Noun edit
Korean edit
Hanja in this term | |
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恐 | 龍 |
Noun edit
恐龍 • (gongnyong or McCune-Reischauer: kongnyong or Yale: kōnglyong) (hangeul 공룡)
Vietnamese edit
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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恐 | 龍 |
Noun edit
恐龍
- chữ Hán form of khủng long (“dinosaur”).