龍樹

Chinese

		dragon; imperial; surname	tree
trad. (龍樹)		龍	樹
simp. (龙树)		龙	树

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Lóngshù

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄕㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁴ syu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Lóngshù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄕㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Lóngshù
    • Wade–Giles: Lung²-shu⁴
    • Yale: Lúng-shù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Longshuh
    • Palladius: Луншу (Lunšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵ ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lung⁴ syu⁶
    • Yale: lùhng syuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁴ sy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lung⁴ xu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹ syː²²/

Proper noun

龍樹

1. Nagarjuna

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (龍樹):

• → Japanese: 龍樹(りゅうじゅ) (ryūju)
• → Korean: 룡수(龍樹) (ryongsu), 용수(龍樹) (yongsu)
• → Vietnamese: Long Thụ (龍樹)

Further reading

• Ding, Fubao (丁福保) (1922), “龍樹” in 佛學大辭典 [A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms].

Japanese

Kanji in this term
龍	樹
りゅう Jinmeiyō	じゅ Grade: 6
goon

Alternative spelling
竜樹

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 龍樹 (MC ljowng dzyuX|dzyuH, literally “dragon + tree”), in turn a translation of Sanskrit नागार्जुन (nāgārjuna). Listed in one monolingual Japanese source as an 音訳 (on'yaku, “transcription”, literally “sound translation”) of the Sanskrit, but considering the Middle Chinese and Sanskrit phonetics, this seems unlikely.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾʲɨːʑɨ]

Proper noun

龍(りゅう)樹(じゅ) • (Ryūju) ^{←りゆうじゆ (ryuuzyu)?}

1. (Buddhism) Nagarjuna, a second century Buddhist philosopher from India

   Synonym: ナーガルジュナ (Nāgarujuna)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
龍	樹

Noun

龍樹

1. chữ Hán form of Long Thụ (“Nagarjuna”).