龍潭

Chinese

		dragon; imperial; surname	deep; deep pool; pit
trad. (龍潭)		龍	潭
simp. (龙潭)		龙	潭
Literally: “dragon pool”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lóngtán

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄊㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁴ taam⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Liùng-thàm
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Liông-thâm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lóngtán
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄊㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lóngtán
    • Wade–Giles: lung²-tʻan²
    • Yale: lúng-tán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: longtarn
    • Palladius: лунтань (luntanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵ tʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lung⁴ taam⁴
    • Yale: lùhng tàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁴ taam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lung⁴ tam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹ tʰaːm²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Liùng-thàm
    • Hakka Romanization System: liungˇ tamˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: liung² tam²
    • Sinological IPA: /li̯uŋ¹¹ tʰam¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Liông-thâm
    • Tâi-lô: Liông-thâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liongtaam
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɔŋ²⁴⁻²² tʰam²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔŋ²⁴⁻²² tʰam²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɔŋ¹³⁻²² tʰam¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰam²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɔŋ²³⁻³³ tʰam²³/

Noun

龍潭

1. (literary, figurative) abyss
2. (literary, figurative) dangerous place

Synonyms

• (abyss): 深淵／深渊 (shēnyuān)

Proper noun

龍潭

1. (～區, formerly ～鄉) Longtan (a district of Taoyuan, Taiwan, formerly a rural township)
2. (～村) Longtan (a village in Xinhua, Shennongjia, Hubei, China)
3. (～村) Longtan (a rural village in Jiaoxi, Yilan County, Taiwan)

Derived terms

• 龍潭坪／龙潭坪 (Lóngtánpíng)
• 龍潭虎穴／龙潭虎穴