龍王

See also: 龙王

Chinese

		dragon; imperial; surname	king; Wang (proper name)
trad. (龍王)		龍	王
simp. (龙王)		龙	王

Etymology

• (Ryūō): Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 竜王町 (竜王町).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Lóngwáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄨㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁴ wong⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Liùng-vòng
• Eastern Min (BUC): Lṳ̀ng-uòng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Lêng-ông / Liông-ông / Lêng-n̂g

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Lóngwáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄨㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Lóngwáng
    • Wade–Giles: Lung²-wang²
    • Yale: Lúng-wáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Longwang
    • Palladius: Лунван (Lunvan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵ wɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lung⁴ wong⁴
    • Yale: lùhng wòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁴ wong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lung⁴ wong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹ wɔːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Liùng-vòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: liungˇ vongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: liung² vong²
    • Sinological IPA: /li̯uŋ¹¹ voŋ¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Lṳ̀ng-uòng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃yŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^(Ø-)ŋuoŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lêng-ông
    • Tâi-lô: Lîng-ông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: leng'oong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ ɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² ɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Liông-ông
    • Tâi-lô: Liông-ông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liong'oong
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɔŋ¹³⁻²² ɔŋ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lêng-n̂g
    • Tâi-lô: Lîng-n̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lengngg
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ ŋ̍²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ŋ̍²⁴/

Proper noun

龍王

1. (Chinese mythology) Dragon King (the god of water and weather)
2. (～鎮) Longwang (a town in Xiangzhou district, Xiangyang, Hubei, China)
3. (～町) Ryūō (a town in Shiga Prefecture, Japan)

Derived terms

• 龍王埡／龙王垭 (Lóngwángyà)
• 龍王廟／龙王庙 (lóngwángmiào)
• 龍王臺／龙王台 (Lóngwángtái)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (龍王):

• → Japanese: 竜王(りゅうおう) (ryūō)
• → Korean: 용왕(龍王) (yong'wang)
• → Vietnamese: long vương (龍王)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
龍	王
りゅう Jinmeiyō	おう Grade: 1
on’yomi

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

【竜王りゅうおう】 [noun] (mythology) a dragon king, especially in esoteric Buddhist contexts [noun] (shogi) a promoted 飛車 (hisha, “flying chariot”), having a move corresponding to both rook and king in Western chess [noun] (shogi) one of the eight major titles of professional shogi, conferred to the winner of a 竜王戦 (ryūō-sen, “dragon king match”) [proper noun] a placename, especially of a town in the district of either Nakakoma in central Yamanashi prefecture or Gamō in south Shiga prefecture

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