神龍

Chinese

		God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being	dragon; imperial; surname
trad. (神龍)		神	龍
simp. (神龙)		神	龙

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shénlóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ lung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shénlóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shénlóng
    • Wade–Giles: shên²-lung²
    • Yale: shén-lúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shernlong
    • Palladius: шэньлун (šɛnʹlun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san⁴ lung⁴
    • Yale: sàhn lùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴ lung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴ lung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹ lʊŋ²¹/

Noun

神龍

1. (Chinese mythology) (the magical and unpredictable) Chinese dragon; shenlong

Derived terms

• 神龍失勢／神龙失势 (shénlóng shīshì)
• 神龍見首不見尾／神龙见首不见尾 (shén lóng jiàn shǒu bù jiàn wěi)

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sîn-lêng / sîn-liông

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sing⁵ lêng⁵

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn-lêng
    • Tâi-lô: sîn-lîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinleeng
    • IPA (Taipei): /sin²⁴⁻¹¹ liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin²³⁻³³ liɪŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn-liông
    • Tâi-lô: sîn-liông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinlioong
    • IPA (Taipei): /sin²⁴⁻¹¹ liɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin²³⁻³³ liɔŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sing⁵ lêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sîng lêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ leŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

神龍

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien, Puning Teochew) gecko

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 壁虎 (“gecko; house lizard”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蝘蜓, 守宮
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		壁虎
Taxonomic name		壁虎
Mandarin	Beijing	蠍虎子, 蠍了虎子, 蠍拉虎子
	Taiwan	壁虎, 守宮
	Tianjin	蠍拉虎子
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	蠍拉虎子
	Harbin	蠍虎子
	Shenyang	馬舌子
	Yantai (Muping)	蠍虎子
	Qingdao	蠍虎子
	Jinan	蠍虎子, 蠍虎簾子, 壁虎
	Luoyang	蠍虎
	Wanrong	蛇虎子, 蠍虎子
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	蛇兒子
	Zhengzhou	蠍虎
	Xi'an	蠍虎子, 蛇夫子
	Xining	麻蛇子, 蠍虎子
	Wuhan	壁虎子
	Huanggang	壁虎兒
	Chengdu	巴壁虎兒, 四腳蛇
	Guiyang	巴壁虎
	Kunming	壁虎
	Guilin	壁虎
	Liuzhou	壁虎, 四腳蛇
	Xuzhou	蠍虎子
	Yangzhou	壁虎子
	Nanjing	壁虎
	Hefei	蠍虎子, 四腳蛇
	Nantong	壁虎子
	Singapore	壁虎
Cantonese	Guangzhou	檐蛇
	Hong Kong	檐蛇, 壁虎, 四腳蛇, 四腳爬爬
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	檐蛇
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	檐蛇
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	壁蛇仔
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	壁蛇仔
	Macau	檐蛇
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	檐蛇
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	檐蛇
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	偷鹽蛇
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	檐蛇
	Foshan	檐蛇
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	檐蛇
	Foshan (Shunde)	檐蛇
	Foshan (Sanshui)	舔鹽蛇
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	蠅虎
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	檐蛇
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	偷鹽蛇
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	四腳蛇
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	偷鹽蛇
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	四腳蛇
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	四腳蛇
	Taishan	四腳蛇
	Kaiping (Chikan)	四腳蛇
	Enping (Niujiang)	檐蛇
	Heshan (Yayao)	蠄虎
	Dongguan	檐蛇, 炮公魚
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	百公蛇
	Shaoguan	檐蛇
	Yunfu	偷鹽蛇
	Yangjiang	檐頭蛇, 懶飯蛇
	Xinyi	偷鹽蛇
	Lianjiang	偷鹽蛇
	Nanning	檐蛇
	Wuzhou	檐蛇
	Yulin	草檐鼠
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	檐蛇
	Penang (Guangfu)	檐蛇
	Singapore (Guangfu)	檐蛇
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	檐蛇
Gan	Nanchang	壁蛇子, 壁蛇
	Lichuan	壁虎
	Pingxiang	蜘虎
Hakka	Meixian	檐蛇仔
	Xingning	壁蛇
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	檐蛇
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	壁蛇, 檐蛇
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	壁蛇
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	壁蛇
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	檐蛇
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	四腳蛇
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	狗嫲臊
	Conghua (Lütian)	檐蛇
	Changting	螭虎
	Wuping	壁
	Wuping (Pingyu)	壁蛇子
	Liancheng	壁虎子
	Ninghua	壁虎子
	Yudu	壁虎, 血子, 壁蛇子
	Ruijin	壁蛇子
	Shicheng	伏壁, 狗婆蛇
	Shangyou (Shexi)	壁蛇子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	壁蛇, 檐蛇
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	壁蛇, 壁蛇仔, 黏蛇仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	壁蛇
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	壁蛇
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	壁蛇
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	飛蒂仔, 貼壁蛇
	Hong Kong	壁蛇
	Sabah (Longchuan)	壁蛇
	Senai (Huiyang)	壁蛇
	Singkawang	檐蛇
Huizhou	Jixi	壁虎
	Shexian	壁壁虎
	Wuyuan	壁虎
	Fuliang	壁虎哩
	Dexing	壁虎
Jin	Taiyuan	蠍虎兒
	Pingyao	蠍虎兒
	Xinzhou	蠍虎兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	壁哩蜥
	Songxi	厝貼
	Zhenghe	厝鐵
	Jianyang	木客仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	𧕇
	Changle	五爪龍
	Fuqing	𧕇
	Yongtai	檐鼠
	Gutian	𧕇
	Fu'an	牆魚
	Ningde	𧕇虎
	Shouning	牆魚
	Zhouning	杜靛
Southern Min	Xiamen	蟮蟲
	Quanzhou	蟮蟲
	Jinjiang	蟮蟲
	Zhangzhou	蟮蟲
	Zhao'an	蟮蟲
	Taipei	蟮蟲仔, 守宮
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	蟮蟲仔
	Kaohsiung	蟮蟲
	Yilan	蟮蟲, 壁虎
	Changhua (Lukang)	蟮蟲
	Taichung	蟮蟲仔
	Tainan	蟮蟲仔
	Hsinchu	蟮蟲
	Kinmen	蟮蟲
	Penghu (Magong)	蟮蟲
	Penang (Hokkien)	蟮蟲, cicak
	Singapore (Hokkien)	蟮蟲
	Manila (Hokkien)	蟮蟲
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	檐蛇
	Chaozhou	檐龍
	Shantou	檐龍
	Shantou (Chenghai)	檐龍
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	蟮蟲
	Jieyang	檐龍, 胡蠅虎
	Puning	神龍
	Haifeng	檐蛇
	Bangkok (Teochew)	檐龍
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	檐龍
	Singapore (Teochew)	檐龍
	Pontianak (Teochew)	檐龍
	Leizhou	孫龍
	Wenchang	神郎
	Haikou	龍船
	Singapore (Hainanese)	神郎
Puxian Min	Putian	爬豆
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	頭毛檐蛇, 跤毛檐蛇, 檐蛇
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	檐蛇
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	檐蛇子
Wu	Shanghai	壁虎, 四腳蛇
	Shanghai (Chongming)	壁虎
	Suzhou	壁虎子, 四腳蛇 southern suburbs
	Wuxi	壁虎
	Danyang	壁虎子, 壁虎, 四腳蛇
	Hangzhou	壁虎兒, 壁虎
	Ningbo	壁虎, 壁老虎, 四腳蛇
	Wenzhou	五爪龍, 白蟻龍
	Jinhua	蠍壁虎, 蠍壁虎兒
Xiang	Changsha	壁虎, 壁虎子, 巴壁虎
	Shuangfeng	痴虎, 壁虎子
	Quanzhou	壁虎