lóng

See also: Appendix:Variations of "long"

English

Noun

lóng (plural lóng or lóngs)

1. Alternative form of loong.
   • 2019, Blanca Martínez de Rituerto, Joe Sparrow, “Dragon, Lóng”, in Dungeons & Drawings: An Illustrated Compendium of Creatures, Kansas City, Mo.: Andrews McMeel Publishing, →ISBN, page 140:

     The greater lóngs are servants to the gods, and some are even minor deities themselves, ruling over bodies of water and storms.

   • 2022 June, Emi Watanabe Cohen, “For a Blessing”, in The Lost Ryū, Montclair, N.J.: Arthur A. Levine, →ISBN, page 74:

     […] Chinese lóng are hatched from rocks found in the darkest depths of the ocean.

   • 2025 February, Matsuri Akino, translated by Adrienne Beck, “Dragon”, in Pet Shop of Horrors, collector’s edition, volume 1, [Los Angeles, Calif.]: Seven Seas Entertainment, →ISBN, page 218:

     IF THE LÓNG IS BORN HERE, HE’LL LEVEL THE ENTIRE REGION!

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of lóng – see 攏 (“all”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 攏).

Mandarin

Alternative forms

• long — nonstandard
• lóŋ — very rare shorthand

Romanization

lóng (long², Zhuyin ㄌㄨㄥˊ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嚨 / 咙
2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 屸
3. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 巃 / 𰎎, 巄 / 𱛓
4. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 曨 / 昽
5. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 朧 / 胧
6. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 櫳 / 栊
7. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 泷, 滝, 瀧 / 泷
8. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 湰, 漋
9. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 爖 / 𤇭
10. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 瓏 / 珑
11. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 癃, 𤸇, 𤶞, 𤵸
12. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 矓 / 眬
13. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 礱 / 砻, 礲 / 𰦭
14. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 窿
15. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 笼, 篭, 籠 / 笼
16. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 聾 / 聋
17. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蘢 / 茏
18. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蠪 / 𰲴
19. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 蠬
20. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 襱 / 𰳲, 𧙥
21. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𧯇, 豅 / 𰶑
22. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 躘 / 𨀁
23. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鏧
24. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鑨 / 𰽦
25. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 隆, 嶐
26. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 霳
27. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 靇
28. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 鸗 / 𫛟, 𪈗
29. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𫜲, 龓 / 𫜲, 𪚞
30. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 龙, 竜, 龍 / 龙, 㡣, 䮾 / 𩧪, 䰱, 龒, 𠉒, 𠊋, 𢀀

Romagnol

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlonɡ/

• (Central Romagnol): IPA^(key): [ˈloːnɡ]

Adjective

lóng m

1. long

References

• Masotti, Adelmo (1996) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano [Romagnol-Italian dictionary] (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, page 342

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [lawŋ͡m˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [lawŋ͡m˦˧˥] ~ [lɔŋ˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [lawŋ͡m˦˥]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *p-lɔːŋʔ.

Alternative forms

• (Northern Vietnam) gióng

Noun

lóng

1. (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) node, phalanx

Related terms

• đốt

Etymology 2

Adjective

lóng

1. (linguistics) slangy

   tiếng lóng ― slang

   từ lóng ― a slang word

   nói (tiếng) lóng ― to use slang in speech