魚龍

Chinese

		fish	dragon; imperial; surname
trad. (魚龍)		魚	龍
simp. (鱼龙)		鱼	龙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yúlóng

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ lung⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yúlóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yúlóng
    • Wade–Giles: yü²-lung²
    • Yale: yú-lúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yulong
    • Palladius: юйлун (jujlun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ lung⁴
    • Yale: yùh lùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ lung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ lung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ lʊŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjo ljowng

Rime
Character	魚	龍
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	語居切	力鍾切
Baxter	ngjo	ljowng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋɨʌ/	/lɨoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋiɔ/	/lioŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiɔ/	/lioŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɨə̆/	/luawŋ/
Li Rong	/ŋiɔ/	/lioŋ/
Wang Li	/ŋĭo/	/lĭwoŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋi̯wo/	/li̯woŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yú	lóng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu4	lung4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r.ŋ]a  [mə]-roŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋa  b·roŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	魚	龍
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yú	lóng
Middle Chinese	‹ ngjo ›	‹ ljowng ›
Old Chinese	/*[r.ŋ]a/	/*[mə]-roŋ/
English	fish (n.)	dragon
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	魚	龍
Reading #	1/1	1/2
No.	15939	8436
Phonetic component	魚	龍
Rime group	魚	東
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	魚	龍
Old Chinese	/*ŋa/	/*b·roŋ/

Noun

魚龍

1. (paleontology) ichthyosaur
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 魚／鱼 (yú),‎ 龍／龙 (lóng).
   1. (poetic) aquatic creatures; fishes

      • 魚龍瀺灂，山鳥群飛。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
        鱼龙瀺灂，山鸟群飞。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

        From: c. 3rd century, Ji Kang (嵇康), Poems Presented to My Elder Brother the Cultivated Talent on His Entry into the Army (《贈兄秀才入軍詩》). Translated by Stephen Owen and Wendy Swartz.

        Yúlóng chánzhuó, shānniǎo qúnfēi. [Pinyin]

        Scaled fish swish softly in the water;
        Mountain birds fly in flocks.

      • 水月通禪寂，魚龍聽梵聲。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
        水月通禅寂，鱼龙听梵声。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

        From: c. 8th century, Qian Qi (錢起), Farewell to a Japanese Buddhist Priest Bound Homeward (《送僧歸日本》), translated by Witter Bynner.

        Shuǐyuè tōng chánjì, yúlóng tīng fànshēng. [Pinyin]

        The water and the moon are as calm as your faith,
        Fishes and dragons follow your chanting.

Derived terms

• 魚龍混雜／鱼龙混杂 (yúlónghùnzá)

 

See also

• 恐龍／恐龙 (kǒnglóng)
• 翼龍／翼龙 (yìlóng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
魚	龍
ぎょ Grade: 2	りゅう Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

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

【魚竜ぎょりゅう】 [noun] an ichthyosaur

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
魚	龍

Noun

魚龍 • (eoryong or McCune-Reischauer: ŏryong or Yale: elyong) (hangeul 어룡)

1. Hanja form^? of 어룡 (“ichthyosaur”).