龍脈

See also: 龙脉

Chinese

		dragon; imperial; surname	mountain range; pulse
trad. (龍脈)		龍	脈
simp. (龙脉)		龙	脉

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lóngmài

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄇㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁴ mak⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): liùng-mak
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lêng-me̍h / lêng-be̍h / liông-me̍eh / liông-me̍h

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lóngmài
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄇㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lóngmài
  - Wade–Giles: lung²-mai⁴
  - Yale: lúng-mài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: longmay
  - Palladius: лунмай (lunmaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵ maɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lung⁴ mak⁶
  - Yale: lùhng mahk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁴ mak⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: lung⁴ meg⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹ mɐk̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liùng-mak
  - Hakka Romanization System: liung^ˇ mag^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: liung² mag⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /li̯uŋ¹¹ mak̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-me̍h
  - Tâi-lô: lîng-me̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lengmeh
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ mẽʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ mẽʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² mẽʔ⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lêng-be̍h
  - Tâi-lô: lîng-be̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lengbeh
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ beʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪŋ²⁴⁻²² beʔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪŋ²³⁻³³ beʔ⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liông-me̍eh
  - Tâi-lô: liông-me̍eh
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɔŋ¹³⁻²² mɛ̃ʔ¹²¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liông-me̍h
  - Tâi-lô: liông-me̍h
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liongmeh
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɔŋ²³⁻³³ mẽʔ⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ mẽʔ⁴/

Noun

龍脈

(geomancy) windings of mountainous terrain
(Southern Min) mountain range
(literary) imperial mausoleum